Solastalgia, 2017
Photograph
Chromogenic print
Edition: 5 + AP + Studio proof
First edition
Sizes variable
Signed on verso
Photograph
Chromogenic print
Edition: 5 + AP + Studio proof
First edition
Sizes variable
Signed on verso
steal my sunshine
october 4 - 30, 2024
paul anagnostopoulos, vyczie dorado, hannah eve rothbard, samantha noelia ferrer, sarah ferrer, andrea garcia, griffin goodman, brigette hoffman, susan kim alvarez, cici mcmonigle, ben orozco, taylor pate, ashley serrano, zoe hannah stern, aliza stone howard, dimithry victor, joseph yonke, h spencer young
solastalgia, 2017, (pictured above) is exhibiting in steal my sunshine, curated by marlee katz snow and collect bean. created using a variety of experimental techniques and made in-camera, solastalgia, 2017 is part of an ongoing investigation of nature, time, transience and loss, and the increasing impact of technology’s mediation and fragmentation of reality. in the work, the sun is represented by a vintage 1970s glass globe lamp which belonged to my paternal grandmother. the lamp, now in my studio, resided for decades in the living room of a family lake house, a gathering place for the extended family, a place of healing after loss. the everyday object in this picture-within-a-picture turns a beacon of absence into a grand source of light that continues to illuminate, while the role of the image, and its ever-advancing significance in the way we experience reality, looms large
LANDSCAPE / CITYSCAPE
Abattoir Gallery, Cleveland, Ohio
December 9, 2022 – March 2023
Curated by Lisa Kurzner and Rose Berlingham
Participating Artists:
Herman Aguirre, Adrian Eisenhower, Hildur Ásgeirsdóttir Jónsson, Liv Mette Larsen, Dana Oldfather, Lumin Wakoa, H Spencer Young
Exhibition Text
Abattoir is pleased to present a group exhibition of artists who look at landscape—both rural and urban—through a personal lens, reaching toward an inner landscape likened to a form of self-portraiture: “the weather inside.” Whether zeroing in on a particular segment of the visible world or inventing a place based on memory, these artists explore how the spiritual and psychological resonance of place reflects the soul of the maker. This concept was first articulated by artist Lori Ellison (1958–2015), who proposed a show titled “The Weather Inside.”
Works by H Spencer Young
Geometrodynamics #1 and #2, 2019
Diptych, chromogenic prints in artist framing
(composed entirely in-camera; no digital post-production)
Each panel: 41 × 34 in (104.1 × 86.4 cm)
Edition of 4 + 1 AP
Imaginary Time #1, 2013
Chromogenic print
(composed entirely in-camera; no digital post-production)
34 × 22.7 in (86.4 × 57.7 cm)
Edition of 4 + 1 AP
Artist Statement
These works explore the unseen structures and temporal complexities of our world through formal challenges to the photographic medium itself. Geometrodynamics #1 and #2 were composed entirely in-camera using a series of experimental techniques that stretch the boundaries of what photography can be while remaining fundamentally indexical. The title references theoretical models in physics that attempt to describe all universal forces in geometrical terms.
Imaginary Time #1 collages images taken in different U.S. states at different times, merged in-camera without post-production. Trees from Chagrin Falls, Ohio, and the Empire State Building in New York are layered into a singular composition. The work’s title refers to a theoretical model of time in physics, where events occur simultaneously rather than sequentially.
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Art Basel | Miami, Untitled Art Fair, Beverly’s, curated by Leah Dixon
Tuesday November 29th through Saturday December 3rd
Works by: Marie Anine Moller, Julia Colavita, Sonia Louise Davis, Leah Dixon, Ivan Forde, Alex Hammond, Jack Henry, Chris Herity, Hayley Martell, Azikiwe Mohammed, Heidi Norton, Stina Puotinen, Carlos Rosales-Silva, H Spencer Young
Montage, 2021
Triptych of 3 volumetric luminograms with custom stainless steel hardware
Ultraviolet print on cast plexiglass
28h x 18.6w x 1.5d in. (42.2h x 71.1w x 3.8d cm) each
Weight: 105lbs (total)
ED: 2 + 2AP
Curated by Clifford Owens
Clifford Owens, Curator: Young pushes the limits of digital photography in extreme close-ups of brick buildings, which were captured under cover of night and recorded as digital noise, in a group of large-scale, abstract color photographs that refer back to its index. Through his mastery of photography, Young applies his personal relationship to the architectonic of brick patterns in a suite of chromatic, geometric abstractions.
Curator Clifford Owens supervises install of Red Camera
Red Camera, 2012-2022
Quadryptych of 4 photographs
42h x 28w in. ea. (106.68h x 71.12w cm)
Sizes Variable
Ed: 4 + AP
Signed en verso
Brush and Sky Cluster, 2014/2022
Collage
27h x 40w in. (68.58h x 101.6w cm)
Sizes variable
Ed: 5 + 2AP
Signed en verso
Heat Index, 2018
Photograph
Above: Curator Clifford Owens supervises install of Heat Index, 2018
Endurance, 2014
Wall sculpture
Lightjet ilfochrome on dibond, matte laminate, welded aluminum frame
20h x 64w in. (60.96h x 162.56w cm.)
Ed: 2 + AP