Vendredi 03 Juin 2016 10:50:27 par Annabelle Martella dans Expositions

Elizabeth Houston Gallery is pleased to announce Mark Lyon’s solo exhibition: Bay Views .
The artist’s reception will be held Wednesday , May 4 t h from 6 - 8pm.
 

In his new series, Bay Views, Mark Lyon reveals unexpected beauty in the most unusual setting: the American car wash. Sixteen urban locations in different stages of function are captured with existing unaltered light at night. Lyon considered each image for days and sometimes years to capture each setting at exactly the right moment, day and season without a person in sight. This thoughtful approach to photographing this series in the decisive moment without any digital manipulation creates distinctive images in contrast to our current world, which is saturated with manipulated spontaneous imagery.

Bay Views depicts the shifting balance of interior and exterior light, transforming these secluded industrial spaces and creating a window into something beautifully unfamiliar. Out of context itself the car wash bay frames the view of the world outside its doorway. Creating something public and private at the same time, the viewer is initially unaware that there is more than one bay to view.

© Mark Lyon

About the artist:
Born in Rochester, NY in 1979, Mark Lyon developed a strong interest in art in High School. His undergraduate studies began at the School of Visual Arts where he was the recipient of a Rhodes and Faculty Scholarships. He completed his undergraduate studies at SUNY New Paltz, NY where he earned his BFA in 2003. In 2008, Mark Lyon received a Master’s of Art with an emphasis in photography from SUNY New Paltz, NY. He was honored with the Photographer’s Fellowship from The Center of Photography at Woodstock, NY that same year and again in 2015. Awarded the Aperture Portfolio Prize, Runner Up and was named one of the Critical Mass Top 50, Mark Lyon has exhibited at The Houston Center of Photography, Houston, TX, The Center of Photography at Woodstock, NY and The Rayko Photo Center, San Francisco, CA.
His work has been featured in The New York Times Lens Blog, The Photo District News Blog, Feature Shoot and DART: Design Arts Daily. Mark Lyon is in the permanent collections of The Woodstock Center of Photography, Woodstock, NY The Samuel Dorsky Museum of Art, New Paltz, NY and Indie Photobook Library, New York, NY

For further inquiries regarding this exhibition, please email http://www.elizabethhoustongallery.com
34 East 1st Street, New York, NY 10003 p: 646.247.1657 http://www.elizabethhoustongallery.com