Joseph Grigely

Air de Paris

An installation view of a white gallery with a gray concrete floor and florescent lights on the ceiling. The photograph shows a corner of the gallery. On our left, a small white framed work with some text, and on our right, three large photographs of ice fields and ocean. Even after zooming on the image, the text is illegible. The photographs are all horizontally oriented and hung at slightly different heights on the wall to make an uneven line.

An installation view of a different corner of the gallery. A white chandelier is hung from a ceiling hook on a red rope. The end of the rope angles down to the floor and is looped around a concrete block. A small white figure is splayed on the floor under the chandelier. To the right, a life-sized sculpture of a white dog bends down to play. On the back left wall, behind the chandelier is a large wall work too small to read (even after zooming).

Another installation view of the chandelier and white dog. The chandelier is pulled slightly off center by the red rope. It leans gently to our left. The light is dimmer in this photograph and the lights on the chandelier are on.

A close up view of the white chandelier. Small white figures or creatures with tails climb and drape over the looping structures that hold the sconces. The figures and chandelier appear to be equally dipped in a thick, white ceramic glaze. The drips from the electric, faux candles is exaggerated by this thick, melting glossy glaze and allows the tails and heads of the figures to blend with the curves and bulbs of the light fixture. One of the figures climbs up the red rope that the chandelier hangs from.

Another view of the chandelier hung by a hook from the ceiling with a red rope. The excess rope is anchored tightly to a concrete block on the floor. The rope loops twice around the block and then the weight of the block holds the rope, and light fixture, in place. In the background, the white dog sculpture faces away from us, towards the back wall.

Another view of the chandelier hung from the ceiling by a red rope. One of the white figures or small creatures climbing the chandelier has fallen face down on the ground beneath it.

Another installation view of the gallery. This is a room or alcove that seems separate than the others by it's dim lighting. Two potted palm trees frame a projection of open ocean floating with ice. On the floor, a small potted banana tree sits next to a tv monitor. The monitor screen shows a man sitting at a table with two microphones tilted towards him. There is a glass of water on the table and his hands hold either notes or a pencil.

Joseph GrigelyIt's EverywhereAir de Paris

Exhibition Images

Joseph GrigelyIt's Everywhere
Air de Paris