Well, if we are seeing the death of Chelsea, as it devolves
into a home for yard sales for museum-level art (see Basquiat at Gagosian), then
it has been nice to see the healthy amount of photography in Bushwick over the
last month. Especially when quality galleries like Robert Henry give a solo
show to a photographer and the work is not terrible. Which isn’t the best way
to start the review. I like Dudis’ work and its long multi-paneled images that
form one complete view of logs in the woods. The pictures are well made, the fragmenting
of the objects into multi-panels is instructive and effective, highlighting the
enjoyable formal attributes of the logs and branches in the woods. Even turning
a decaying Birch (?) log into a wonderful play of silver and gold. But as
skilled and pleasant as the work is, a part of me finds the photographs a tad too
formal. Still it’s clearly an issue of taste not quality, and I am more than
happy to see photographers having solo shows in Bushwick.
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