LEE MATERAZZI / JUNE 2012 / PAGE 2/3
FINDING MYSELF AT HOME The first time I saw a work by Lee Materazzi, was two years ago at Pulse Contemporary Art Fair in New York. The photograph I was faced with, depicted a man that on a bizarre way had got himself wrapped in a ladder, going down a staircase head first. In that way Lee Materazzis art, showing small everyday oddities becomes big, entertaining stories about man’s fumbling way across the globe. I immediately fell for her photographs and included her in the Gallery Poulsen group exhibition “Bitches Brew New Art from New York (part 2)” in 2011. We are now proud to present her first solo exhibition in Denmark, “Finding Myself at Home.” Lee Materazzis photographs hit you with great force, they are spontaneous and fun and looking at them simply makes you happy. But you also bump into them - they do indeed have a sharp edge that you cut
yourself on. That’s because her bizarre universe, that is distorted and caricatured, has a special touch with the contemporary. She manages to capture the mood that the world finds itself in right now, where every day seems to bring new, unexpected problems; the things we thought were given fall apart and changes. The same happens in Lee Materazzis photographs – with her absurd pictures of everyday situations, she cuts holes in the life we thought was solid, quiet and stable. Lee Materazzi already has a great career, and I predict that the succes will continue. It is therefore a great pleasure to present her here at Gallery Poulsen. Welcome! Morten Poulsen
Morten Poulsen