© Reiner Riedler
MIAMI INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT, FL 2100 NW 42nd Ave FL 33126 Miami États-Unis
(New York and Miami, December 3, 2013) Sous Les Etoiles Gallery is thrilled to present, in partnership with Miami International Airport’s Division of Fine Arts & Cultural Affairs, the series Fake Holidays by photographer Reiner Riedler. Thirty-six large-scale, boldly colored C-prints depicting imaginary getaways are on view beginning December 2013 in the airport’s highly-trafficked Concourse F.
Based on a series the artist began in 2004, Fake Holidays examines contemporary society’s preoccupation with leisure travel and exotic locations (the more foreign and fantastic the better). The pervasive trend has led to the creation of kitschy and pseudo-destinations, surreal replicas of real-life locals that Riedler captures with both its playful and sometimes garish spirit intact.
Jens Lindworsky wrote in the introduction to Riedler’s book of the same name, “Florida’s Disneyworld hosts more visitors than Morocco, Tunisia, Egypt and Israel combined. New and more refined illusionary worlds are added every year, and the simulation business is booming... When wishes are out of reach, simulation is taking over our leisure time and our holidays. Imaginary worlds are created, often under massive technological exertion, in order to offer us experience as reproducible merchandise. Although the quality of these adventures on demand sometimes proves to be rather dubious, the boom does shed light on one thing: the yearnings and dreams underlying people’s daily lives.”
Sous Les Etoiles Gallery will also feature Riedler's work in Booth E37 at this year's Context Art Miami Fair, taking place Dec. 3 through Dec. 8, 2013, in Midtown Miami.
© Reiner Riedler
ABOUT THE ARTIST
Reiner Riedler lives and works in Vienna, Austria. A documentary photographer whose work examines human beings and their environment, Riedler has exhibited internationally at leading institutions such as the Centre Georges Pompidou, Paris; the Leopold Museum and Künstlerhaus, Vienna; Sirius Art Center, Cork, Ireland; and the International Festival of Photography Lodz, Poland, among many others. His pictures have been published in such magazines and newspapers as National Geographic, Fortune, Newsweek, Le Monde, The New York Times and Der Spiegel.
ABOUT SOUS LES ETOILES GALLERY
Founded in 2006 by gallerist, curator and former reporter, Corinne Tapia, Sous Les Etoiles Gallery is a leading New York-based photography gallery that participates in several art and photography fairs in the United States. Founded in 2006, Sous Les Etoiles Gallery has evolved into a significant gallery that nurtures the work of photographers with unique stories to tell. From the time she opened the gallery’s doors, Corinne Tapia has grown the business and her focus is on developing the gallery’s curatorial program and the careers of the artists represented.
Reiner Riedler: Fake Holidays will be on view at Miami International Airport beginning December 2013. For additional information, please visit: http://souslesetoilesgallery.net
© Reiner Riedler