Andres Gallego
Hopper Essence (Series)
DESCRIPTION
In 1992, a number of American photographers paid homage to Edward Hopper in an exhibition linking photography and painting. At the event, Joel Meyerowitz emphasised the fundamental difference between the nature of photography as a momentary event and the nature of painting as a process, but what happens when we unite both languages in the same work?
This project, currently under development, is made up of a series of photographs represented around Hopper's work, where the views of the windows are created by the artist himself with acrylic paint on canvas, as well as the scenography made on a real scale. We see his wife, just as Hopper depicted Jo. We can think of it as a portrait of her or, as the painter did, we can think of it as a portrait of any of us, a place where we can take shelter.
Decide for yourselves what is through the window.
AUTHOR
Born in 1983 in Melilla, and currently residing in Castellón de la Plana, Spain, I began my relationship with photography in 2017. Practically self-taught, I draw my inspiration from classical painting and artists such as Eugenio Recuenco, LeTurk, Gregory Crewdson and Kate Woodman, among others.
2020
- Opium Red Magazine. August issue.
- Faddy Magazine Italy. No. 94.
2021
- Marika Magazine. Issue 1221. Agoust. Fine-Art.
- LF Award at RevelaT 2021.
2022
- Gold Winner 2022 MUSE AWARDS. "The Little Match Girl"
- Gold Winner 2022 LONDON PHOTOGRAPHY AWARDS, "Morning Sun" and "The Little Match Girl"
- Artells Magazine. Issue "WE WANT PEACE". March 2022.
- LF Magazine Nº 12.
- “Hopper Essence” Project. Collective exhibition at Dávalos Fletcher Foundation of Castellón (Spain), on 28th April to 8th May.
- “Hopper Essence” Project. Collective exhibition at Galería Art Number 23 of Athens (Greece), on 15th to 21st July
2023
- “Hopper Essence” Project. Collective exhibition at ImageNation Paris 19-21 May 2023 at Galerie Joseph Le Palais
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