Jiri Makovec
Tales from the island
Curated by Jiajia Zhang
Sikh & Dog, Jiri Makovec
“We regard cultures that we come to know from a distance, not as a field of activity in which we might get involved but as playground from which we may select various elements to reassemble as we fancy” Villem Flusser
In Jiri Makovec's fifth exhibition at the Chelsea market, Tales from the island continues with the photographers exploration of New York as a personal urban experience.
Within the city’s rigid grid, moments of mystery and terror unveil, and are captured as a series of encounters and events. Whether the viewer is facing truth or fiction, this body of work shows the photographers relationship to the city, that is also known as "the arena for the terminal stage of western civilization" (R. Koolhaas).
Jiri Makovec lives and works in New York. His work has been exhibited at the International Center of Photography, Phillips de Pury & Company Auctions “Change of Art” and“ All Grown Up” , ChobiMela International Festival of Photography in Bangladesh, and the Kiyosato Museum of Photographic Arts in Japan.
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