SAM FALLS
2019-04-01Concerned with the intimacy of time, the illustration of place, and exploration of mortality, Sam Falls has created his own formal language by intertwining photography’s core parameters of time and exposure with nature and her elements. Working largely outdoors with vernacular materials and nature as a site-specific subject, Falls abandons mechanical reproduction in favor of a more symbiotic relationship between subject and object. In doing so, he bridges the gap between photography, sculpture, and painting, as well as the divide between artist, object, and viewer. In these new works, created especially for the show, he uses this language to conceive a unique space between photographic fidelity to a subject and painting’s intimate interpretation. At the same time, the paintings continue to stay true to a specific environment by utilizing local plants.
Opposite – Untitled (Adult), 2018
Exhibition runs through to May 18th, 2019
Galerie Eva Presenhuber
Maag Areal Zahnradstrasse 21,
CH-8005 Zürich
Switzerland