Event: Phil Solomon @ Young Projects (May 16th - August 2, 2013, Los Angeles)

Phil Solomon: Before and After the Falls
@ Young Projects, Los Angeles (Part of Design Lab at the Pacific Design Center) Opening

6pm to 9pm Through August 2, 2013

"Known as one of the key filmmakers of the American avant-garde, Phil Solomon is known for creating extraordinarily beautiful, deeply affecting film works that are often composed out of popular, abandoned or lost pieces of celluloid. In many cases, these works employ an optical printing process to further degrade, burn and amplify certain figurative elements, almost to the point of pure abstraction. And indeed, one could easily view each of Mr Solomon's films as great painterly efforts with pronounced sensual and dimensional qualities. Yet no matter what format he works in — including his recent foray into the most quotidian moments of Grand Theft Auto and other video games (many of which are included in the exhibition) — his work still manages to convey an almost overwhelming emotional effect, often via the careful orchestration of narrative elements. As critic Manohla Dargis writes, “The wow factor of Mr. Solomon's finest films can be as difficult to convey as the deep feeling they instill in the viewer. One of the pleasures of this sort of work is how it can loosen the grip that narrative traditionally has on the medium, inspiring different ways of seeing and feeling.”" (Young Projects)

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