The final video is a mesmerizing experiment in the nuance and beauty of everyday people and. James nares street a riley contemporary artists project gallery exhibition opens june 21 at joslyn art museum omaha, ne in september of 2011, james nares spent a week driving a rented suv through manhattan with an ultrahighspeed camera rigged to a platform in the back seat, its lens pointing at the passing sidewalks. Untitled by james nares on artnet auctions james nares. James nares, born in 1953, is a british artist based in new york who works in a variety of mediums, including painting, photography, film, and video. He continues to employ various media to explore physicality, motion, and the unfolding of. Over the course of a fivedecade career, james nares has investigated, challenged, and expanded the boundaries of his multimedia practice that encompasses film, music, painting, photography, and performance.
Street june 2, 2012 november 15, 2012 i wanted the film to be about people. Street is an unscripted 61minute high definition video filmed by artist james nares over one week in september 2011. He is known for employing single but intricate gestural brush strokes in most of his works. James nares born 1953 in london, england is a british artist living and working in new york city since 1974. James nares road paint kasmin gallery is committed to supporting an ongoing intellectual. Find an indepth biography, exhibitions, original artworks for sale, the latest news, and sold auction prices. In james naress street, taming the galloping city the. James nares born 1953 in london, england is a british artist living and working in new york. Screen james nares street 2011 today and through memorial day weekend on kasmin gallerys vimeo showcase platform. James nares street, a new video by the britishborn artist james nares, forms the centerpiece of this exhibition. Street is an unscripted 61minute high definition video filmed by artist james nares in september 2011.
James nares is best known for his processoriented paintings in which a large, isolated brushstroke appears to float across a blank monochrome surface. Street, on view at the wadsworth atheneum through october 28, is an unscripted 61minute high definition video filmed by artist james nares over one week in september james nares street clip, 2. A few, here and there, have held my attention for a. Street and pendulum, two video works from artist james. How james nares made an amazing work of art by slowing down. James nares monuments kasmin gallery is committed to supporting an ongoing. After his studies at the chelsea college of art, london, he relocated to new york where he attended the school of visual arts and began his career in the late seventies primarily as a musician. His work was featured in numerous exhibitions at key galleries and museums, including the gagosian gallery, new york 980 madison avenue and the metropolitan museum of art. We were watching james nares film street, a mere two and a half. James nares watching his own premier highlighting the list of events in makati will be james nares street, a 61minute slow motion capture of new york city. James nares monuments kasmin gallery is committed to supporting an ongoing intellectual. The metropolitan museum of art, purchase, vital projects fund inc. Aug 1, 2012 james nares paintings seek to capture the very moment of their own creation. Gallery talks occur thursdays at 11 am and fridays at 6 pm.
James nares video street the strength of architecture. Nyc based artist james nares film street is an unscripted 61minute high definition video filmed over one week in september 2011 from. By skype, nares will present and discuss his paintings and several of his short films and videos, starting with three films from 1976 roof, game, and poles to the. James nares on chinese calligraphy the artist project. All it needed were magical moments, and there are enough of those happening every moment of every day. After his studies at the chelsea college of art, london, he relocated to new york where he attended the school of visual arts and began his career in the late seventies primarily as a musician, filmmaker and soon painter. James nares written by amy taubin, glenn obrien and ed halter, contribution by christopher wool pub date. Nares street is on display at the metropolitan museum of art from march 5 to. Street by james nares at ayala triangle gardens carizza chua. To achieve this sense of weightlessness, nares invented a special apparatus that enables him hang above the picture and paint from directly overhead, avoiding any drips or other sign of. In the 1970s, nares was best known for films that have been described as kinetic investigations, such as pendulum 1976, for which he swung a large sphere attached to a. James nares video street to be centerpiece of exhibition opening march 5 at metropolitan museum. I wrote a proposal for my film street in 2009 after experimenting with a lo res high speed video camera shooting from my.
James nares street at the metropolitan museum of art. Nares video street with a score composed by thurston moore, acquired by the metropolitan museum. Associated with new yorks downtown nowave scene in the 1970s and 1980s, james nares creates paintings, films, and videos that reflect the artists improvisational sensibility and interest in capturing time and motion. James nares hypnotic film installation, street opens at. Using brushes of his own design, he repeatedly creates and erases his strokes, over and over again, until he feels he has made one that represents a precision of balance between. His film street was the centerpiece of an exhibition of the same name at the metropolitan museum thurston moore will perform live score to james nares. Nares makes paintings and films most notable being the no wave cinema rome 78 and played guitar in the no wave group james chance and the contortions and with jim jarmusch in the delbyzanteens and was a founding member of colab. James nares taubin, amy, obrien, glenn, halter, ed, wool, christopher on. In james naress 1976 film pendulum, a large metal sphere swings.
Continue reading james nares street at the metropolitan museum of art. Get your kindle here, or download a free kindle reading app. James nares is a cinematographer and director, known for no japs at my funeral 1980, street 2011 and rome 78 1978. Experience great met exhibitions anewor for the first timewith our lavishly illustrated, mustread catalogues. Join us in the galleries for a lively and informative discussion with nathan stobaugh, research assistant.
Today, nares continues to employ the mediums of film and paint to explore physicality, motion, and the unfolding of time, as seen in his 2011 video street. Street and pendulum by james nares jordan schnitzer. Stream adfree or purchase cds and mp3s now on amazon. In the midst of the hustle and bustle of makati, people will be able to witness another metropolitan in the middle of activity, timed in an exponentially gradual pace. James nares artist bio and information kasmin gallery is committed to supporting an ongoing intellectual and visual dialogue with influential modern and contemporary artists, representing several generations of internationally recognized artists working in a variety of media. James nares, an artist known for mapping new yorks. Rarely am i very interested in video installations at art museum. They are most frequently made in a single brush stroke, recording a gestural passage of time and motion across the canvas. James nares is a contemporary british artist known his large calligraphic paintings. Click below to see what is available for your local james nares street show. Over the course of a week in september 2011, nares a new yorker since 1974recorded sixteen hours of footage of people on the streets of manhattan from a moving car using a highdefinition camera usually used to record fast. How artist james nares makes his living portraits vanity.
James nares has been living and working in new york since 1974. In addition to years of representing and cultivating important contemporary artists careers such as ron arad, tina. Street, a new video by artist james nares, will have its new york premiere as the centerpiece of an exhibition by the same name at the metropolitan museum of art from march 5 through may 27, 20. James nares street archives luxury manhattan apartments. Met, ny, march, 20 walking the walk, in a rhapsodic new york ballet street, at the metropolitan museum. The voyeuristic, slow motion video is a mesmerizing.