February 9 2005, Wednesday, 10am-6pm (continues until March 19 2005, Saturday, 10am-6pm)

TWELVE LARGE-SCALE PSYCHOLOGICAL & STATUESQUE DANCING IMAGES BY AMERICAN PHOTOGRAPHER, PHILIP-LORCA diCORCIA, ON SHOW AT GALLERY, JUST OFF REGENT STREET

Last week we attended the opening reception of "Imageless Icons: Abstract Thoughts," an exhibition located at the sister gallery of the Heddon Street "Gagosian." The gallery takes up a very large space on Britannia Street, quite close to London’s King’s Cross. And when you get along to this area of London – and soon-to-be future home of "Eurostar" - you will be able to appreciate the works of over 20 artists, including the likes of Francis Bacon, Damien Hirst, Roy Lichtenstein and Andy Warhol. But, let us look away from these – just, for the moment, and see what is opening today, closer to the shopper’s haven of Regent Street. Well, it is Wednesday - the day after yet another Gagosian opening reception! On the walls of Heddon Street’s Gagosian from today, and for much of next month, there are twelve large-scale dancing images by American photographer, Philip-Lorca diCorcia. Quoting the gallery’s press release, which we picked up last Thursday, ‘The works are shot in various locations and in each case the dancers are not performing for an audience but rather just for the artist himself, making the setting strangely empty. Suspended in the air and starkly lit, each woman’s body takes on the character of a statue.’
 

The release then continues, ‘One of America’s leading photographers, diCorcia combines a documentary tradition with the fictional works of cinema and advertising to create a powerful link between reality, fantasy and desire.’ The artist is quoted as saying, ‘Psychology is a reality for many people. I try to show this. It may not, in fact, be the actual psychology of the subject that I portray, but it is played out in the image and the projection of that psychology into the surrounding space… Their image is the outward facing front belied by the inwardly gazing eyes.’ What do you think? Go along and discover more. We shall be there - at the Tuesday opening, to see for ourselves and we would love to meet you, to hear your comments.
^MENU A: Free
E: (see website)
L: Gagosian Gallery, 8 Heddon Street, London, W1
N: 020 7292 8222
T: Piccadilly Circus (Bakerloo & Piccadilly lines)
W: http://www.gagosian.com/
X: http;//www.howtoenjoy.co.uk/interests/dancing.htm
 

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