September 10 – October 22, 2011 Opening reception Thursday, September 8, 6-8 PM.
Amy Granat is widely acknowledged for her experimental 16-millimeter films, having developed a distinct visual language unified by movement, absence, dissonance, and exploration of the sublime. While her films and photographs often recall techniques employed by earlier generations of artists, Granat distinguishes herself by superseding strict Materialist or Structuralist concerns to engage with the full lyrical capacity of her medium. Granat's films demonstrate a holistic approach to the total potential of film itself: as a technology, as a narrative form, as a physical object, and fundamentally as a document of activity transmitted through time and light.
Amy Granat’s (b. 1976, St. Louis, Missouri) recent projects include "Cars, Trees, Houses, Beaches," Nicole Klagsbrun Gallery, New York; "Light Three Ways," The New Museum, New York; "The Sheltering Sky," The Kitchen, New York; and "Amy Granat," Galerie Eva Presenhuber, Zurich. Her work has been part of numerous group exhibitions, including the "2008 Whitney Biennial," Whitney Museum of American Art, New York; "More Pricks Than Kicks," David Roberts Foundation, London; "Endless Bummer Surf Elsewhere," Blum & Poe, Los Angeles; "A New Era," The Swiss Institute, New York; "Saints and Sinners," The Rose Art Museum, Waltham; and "Drawing on Film," The Drawing Center, New York. Granat's work is in the collections of the Museum of Modern Art, New York; the Whitney Museum of American Art, New York; Fond National d’Art Contemporain, France; and the Musée de Beaux-Arts, La Chaud-de-Fonds, Switzerland.
Granat is also a founder of Cinema Zero, a nomadic curatorial project that has organized events and exhibitions with galleries and institutions throughout the United States, Europe, and China. She has recently taught as a Visiting Critic at Yale University School of Art and as a Visiting Artist at Columbia University School of the Arts. She is currently on the faculty of New York University.
Amy Granat lives and works in New York.
This exhibition has been made possible by Jamieson/Sherman Fine Art Consultants.
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