Light & Sie is proud to present a series of new photographs by New York-based artist, Daniel Mirer. Titled In The Finest Tradition, these portraits represent the next stage of Mirer’s exploration of the medium of photography. In his previous series, Architorspace, the artist sought to expose the banality of modernist architectural spaces. In this series, he applies the structural principles of his architectural images to portraiture and the results are captivating. The subjects become extensions of the space itself, lending a specific geometry to the finished work. And the choice of subjects is also interesting; they are all male archetypes, most exhibiting extremely masculine behavior and career choices, such as military men, cowboys, police, etc.

And then there are also images that (mis)represent the truth. Such as the image of a young American soldier carrying a US flag who turns out to really be a German boy/actor reenacting Checkpoint Charlie for tourists at the site of the Berlin Wall. Throughout the series, there are boys pretending to be men and men who are really still boys at heart. It is a psychological study of the male psyche, and what it means to be a man in today’s society.

Light & Sie is pleased to present a series of new collages and silkscreen paintings by New York-based artist, Raven Schlossberg. Shown extensively in Germany, Raven’s work explores alternatively the nature of childhood, the structure of male/female archetypes and sexuality, and American cultural constructs. Working with a deft hand and keen eye, she develops collages and silkscreens of unusual complexity and depth. Her use of color is always on target and executed with aplomb. Her use of the hunter’s trophy plaque is also unique. The subjects of her collages become her personal prizes once they’ve been mounted onto the plaques.

In The Golden Stain of Time, we are treated to images of motherhood, childhood, adolescence, and adulthood, all impressed against a canvas of nostalgia. It is a tour de force of the three ages of man, and achieves a certain universality through its imagery. In another work, Captains of Industry, the images are highly abstracted, but we can make out that they are all of men of a certain importance, self-structured and beyond…type “A” men who we imagine have gone on to build great things. There is a lively narrative in Raven’s work that begs for closer inspection.