Orchestration of the Ordinary is the first solo exhibition from Adam Ekberg in New York, presented by the ClampArt gallery. His staged scenes of everyday objects are at the border between photography and performance art—with a touch of Dada—subverting common sense to create “ephemeral occurrences.”
« In calculated performances that intersect with photography’s documentary potential, I explore ephemeral occurrences. Making such humble events happen is alchemy of sorts, the transformation of the mundane into the poignant. Within the constructed images, I reposition specific celebratory iconography to create minor spectacles. My process requires detailed and elaborate production outside the photographic frame so that what appears within the frame implies simplicity and straightforwardness. It is important to me that these constructions actually exist in the world, if only for the moment in which the photograph is made.”
Adam Ekberg
These seemingly simple images often transform mundane objects through poetic visual associations. Ekberg’s humble events may exist for mere moments, but often require elaborate planning and production outside the photographic frame. The artist has wryly discussed his private, staged happenings in oxymoronic terms, calling them “minor spectacles.”
Adam Ekberg’s other solo shows include exhibitions at De Soto Gallery, Los Angeles; Platform Gallery,
Seattle; Thomas Robertello Gallery, Chicago; and Fotografiska Gallery, Stockholm, Sweden. He has been featured in group exhibitions in major cities such as San Francisco, Portland, Kansas City, and Cork, Ireland. His work is represented in the permanent collections of the Museum of Contemporary Photography and the Museum of Contemporary Art, both in Chicago.
EXHIBITION
Through February 14th, 2015
ClampArt
531 West 25th Street Ground Floor
New York, NY 10001
CONTRIBUTOR
Severine Morel
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