Gitterman Gallery

Opening on Saturday at KMR Arts, gallery artist Christopher Russell.

For our second talk in the Penumbra Artist Series this fall, we are excited to host Christiane Feser, based in Frankfurt, Germany. Christiane Feser is known for... her ongoing series of photoobjectsthree-dimensional, photographic sculptures that behave like representational and optical experiments; simultaneously exploring the perceptions of a camera and a person. Join us for an online talk on November 19th at 2pm EST! https://www.penumbrafoundation.org/penumbra-artist-series-c Image credit: Partition 78, 2019. 100cm x 140cm x 2cm. Archival Inkjet Pigment Print Christiane Feser. Courtesy of the artist.

Khalik Allah is a New York-based photographer and filmmaker who practices Camera Ministry with an eye as open as his heart. The resulting work has been describe...d as "street opera" and noted for its beautifully visceral humanity. It is easy to walk through a city not making eye contact, but for Khalik Allah this contact is essential. He sees each individual he photographs. And his photographs in turn allow us to see them, to acknowledge who we might ignore, to look through Allah’s eye and into theirs, and to recognize them as individuals. This is the power of Allah’s work: to give us a deeper sense of people as people, to share and enlighten, even when the message may not be easy. This work as well and those from his book, Souls Against the Concrete (University of Texas Press, 2017), were made at night on 125th Street and Lexington Avenue in Harlem. They provide a glimpse into a world and people that many choose to ignore. His subjects are often drug addicts, homeless, or both as with Frenchie, a Haitian immigrant who Khalik befriended. Using only the available light from shop windows, street lights, or subway platforms, he photographs with a slow color film, a combination that produces images full of grain and texture, a visual shorthand for the roughness and intensity of life on the street, and his own struggles early in life. The light is also often harsh or even surreal, resulting in figures awash in blues and reds. Luc Sante, in The New York Times Book Review, wrote "The result is a panorama of human emotion: sadness, passion, bewilderment, pride, suspicion, amusement, exhaustion all the faces of the night." Allah is currently a nominee of Magnum Photos, to learn more about Khalik Allah and his work, please visit his auction page on our website: https://sfcamerawork.org/auction-2020-khalik-allah Khalik Allah, Frenchie with Hoodie, 2013 Pigment Print; 14 x 21 inches edition 4/9; signed in ink and editioned in pencil on print verso. Donated by the artist, courtesy of Gitterman Gallery.

Tomorrow afternoon, join in on a talk between friends.

During this time of social distancing, stay-at-home orders, and banning of non-essential gatherings, we have left our space in the Fuller Building on 57th Street and transitioned to an online gallery. As soon as we can safely gather, we look forward to being open to the public again. In the meantime, we will continue to promote the artists and estates we represent, as well as distinctive secondary market works, through emailings, Instagram, and online exhibitions.... We are adding more inventory to our website and continue to source new material. On our website you can also find an archive of all our exhibitions, in their entirety. Please note, if you click on a small image it will enlarge, give size, price, and the option to enlarge full screen. We look forward to staying in touch and to seeing you again soon. Best wishes, Tom Gitterman