@Maximilian Thuemler. Self-Portrait at the Wanderer Landing Site, Jekyll Island, Georgia, 2019. Inkjet print, 47x36 in. ©Maximilian Thuemler, courtesy to the artist and New Collectors, NY

New Collectors | April 21, 2023–May 21, 2023

New Collectors is pleased to present Born From the Limb by Maximilian Thuemler. The exhibition features 6 framed photographs interspersed with an array of archival materials and prints pinned to the wall. Both the photographs and found ephemera encapsulate the artist’s exploration of the history and landscape of the US Coastal Southeast over the course of five years.

The images range from self-portraiture to landscapes and their fragmented abstractions, luring the viewer with surface beauty towards a deeper murky territory of uncertainty. The pictures exist within the context of current discussions touching upon racial politics, yet simultaneously resist a pull towards illustrative clarity. Instead, they present themselves as portals of varying opacity, carrying the viewer through history to sites of mud and soil invigorated by ritualistic gestures and fragmented movements.

To view more, visit New Collectors’ website.

@Jay Mark Johnson. *STEWART FALLS #43* (Sundance, Utah), *2019, Archival pigment on paper mounted on aluminum with UV laminate, 60” x 60” framed Edition of 3, 30” x 30” framed Edition of 9.* ©Jay Mark Johnson, courtesy to the artist and Williams Turner Gallery, CA

Williams Turner Gallery | APRIL 8 - MAY 27, 2023

Ten spectacular large-format images of waterfalls and geysers are selected from the most recent photographic artworks in the artist’s two-decades-long production of paradigm-shifting timeline imagery. Traversing the stark volcanic landscape, Johnson focused on the atmospheric turbulence of rushing waters and freezing air emanating from the region’s waterfalls and geysers, capturing the dramatic interplay of the spectacular geological events within the seasonal low-raking “golden hour” light. In the Icelandic language, the word “foss” means waterfall—with roots in the Nordic word for “force”. In his exploration of the possibilities for timeline photography, Johnson has repeatedly turned his attentions to marveling at the forces of nature, specifically the reciprocal physical interactions of light, water and atmosphere found in coastal waves and inland waterfalls.

To view more, Visit William Turner Gallery’s Website.

Installation image from Growth Series, courtesy to Laurel Gitlen, NY

Laurel Gitlen | April 20th-May 27th, 2023

In Growth, Christopher Aque’s first solo show in New York, tender beauty is suffused with the tension of desire. The latent power structures of the city, photographic surveillance, and urban sanitation campaigns are all central themes in his work, which is equally attuned to the simultaneous personal experiences of physical intimacy, growth and care. Eight photographs oscillate in and out of proximity — the city and skyline, without people, doubled on itself; flowers and fruit grown by his partner; and strangers at close crop. The latter depict folded hands, an ass in jeans, a bare upper arm, at the distance typical of planes, trains and other transit sites; erotically charged but anonymous.

To view more, visit Laurel Gitlen’s website.