Jessica Craig-Martin - 2014 Solo Exhibition

Jessica Craig-Martin Answered Prayers March 4 - April 17, 2014

Jessica Craig-Martin Answered Prayers March 4 – April 17, 2014 Opening Reception with Artist Tuesday, March 4th, 6 – 8 pm Winston Wächter Fine Art is pleased to present, Answered Prayers, our first solo exhibition with New York photographer, Jessica Craig-Martin. Please join us for the opening reception with the artist on Tuesday, March 4, from 6-8 pm.

Socialites and men-about-town in diamonds, furs, tuxedos, and gowns are the focus of Jessica Craig-Martin’s voyeuristic lens with an all access pass to high society soirees. High color, cropped and angled photographs document anonymous party goers revealing unsuspected vulnerablilities among the excessive opulance. Craig-Martin states, “My camera wants to eradicate the personal. I see my works as abstract studies of sequins, evicted mollusks and air-conditioned mink. Vanity, excess, vulnerability, arcane social ritual. Failed armor. Glamour is a mirage. As you approach, it evaporates.”

Images appear as the glossy pages of a fashion magazine where nothing less than perfection exists. Upon further scrutiny, the perceived perfection melts away and the reality surfaces.

Faces contort to perserve carefully applied makeup, feet strain in 4 inch heels, and luxurious jewel-encrusted handbags contrast against overly tan and aging skin. Craig-Martin reveals a bit of the grotesque beneath the glamour and gives the viewer a raw and beautiful look into the lifestyle of the modern aristocracy.

Solo exhibitions of Craig-Martin’s photographs have been held at PS1 MoMA, New York and the Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofia, Madrid. Her work is included in the collections of the New Museum; the Whitney Museum of American Art; the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum and the Museum of Fine Arts in Boston. She has had numerous exhibitions in galleries in New York, Brussels, and Paris and has been a press photographer for Vanity Fair and Vogue magazines. Her work is now being represented by Winston Wächter Fine Art, Seattle.

For inquiries please contact Judith Rinehart at gallery@winstonwachter.com, or 206 652 5855

Jessica Craig-Martin, Answered Prayers, 2014 Solo Exhibition, Winston W채chter Fine Art

The General, 2014, C-print acrylic di bond, 26.75 x 35.75 inches

De Trop, 2014, C-print acrylic di bond, 26.25 x 35.75 inches

Real Wasps (Cancer Benefit, Southampton), 2014, C-print, 38.25 x 55 inches

Champagne Army, 2014, C-print acrylic di bond, 23.5 x 35.75 inches

An Embarrassment of Riches, 2014, C-print, 39.75 x 51.75 inches

Coming and Going, 2014, C-print acrylic di bond, 28.5 x 35.75 inches

Erection, 2014, C-print, 39 x 51.75 inches

Ladies and Gents (Moulin de Mougins), 2006, C-print acrylic di bond, 24 x 36 inches

The artist in front of Animal Party (Cancer Benefit, Southampton), 2014, C-print, 53 x 77 inches