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Gregory Crewdson ‘Cathedral of the Pines’

Galerie Templon Brussels

8 September 16 - 29 October 16

Gregory Crewdson is exhibiting his most recent body of work, Cathedral of the Pines, for the first time in Europe. Highly anticipated, this exceptional series of 31 photographs will be shown concurrently in Paris and Brussels at Galerie Daniel Templon, with openings on Sept. 8th in Brussels and Sept. 10th in Paris.

These works were shot on location in Becket, Massachusetts, where Crewdson retreated, in search of inspiration. ‘It was deep in the forests of Becket, Massachusetts that I finally felt darkness lift, experienced a reconnection with my artistic process, and moved into a period of renewal and intense creative productivity,’ he explains.

In images that recall nineteenth-century painting, Crewdson captures motionless figures in both natural environments and domestic interiors, charged with ambiguity. He plays on the tensions between art and life, connection and separation, intimacy and isolation. Crewdson places his subjects in surroundings that seem familiar. However, the figures’ cryptic actions and staging create a sense of mystery and underlying drama: a young girl receives a haircut from a teenager on the edge of a forest; a woman stands in a short nightdress, her hands covered in earth in front of a garden shed; two undressed figures are positioned on the rusty flatbed of a pickup truck. The images describe invisible and unknown purposes.

Ever since his nocturnal Twilight series (1998–2002), Crewdson has worked with a full crew, planning his elaborately staged images in a process similar to that of a movie director. His use of the codes governing the cinema of fantasy films, psychological drama and suspense conjures forebears such as Diane Arbus, Alfred Hitchcock and Edward Hopper.

Aperture has published a fully-illustrated book, Cathedral of the Pines, with an essay by art historian Alexander Nemerov to mark the exhibition.

Galerie Daniel Templon (press release)

Installation views of Gregory Crewdson’s Cathedral of the Pines, at Galerie Daniel Templon Brussels. Photographies: Isabelle Arthuis. Courtesy of the Artist and Galerie Daniel Templon, Paris and Brussels
Installation views of Gregory Crewdson’s Cathedral of the Pines, at Galerie Daniel Templon Brussels. Photographies: Isabelle Arthuis. Courtesy of the Artist and Galerie Daniel Templon, Paris and Brussels
GREGORY CREWDSON! The Pickup Truck, 2014! Impression numérique pigmentaire / Digital pigment print ! 95.3 x 127 cm / 37 1⁄2 x 50 in.! Edition de 3 + 2 AP // Edition of 3, plus 2 Aps !© Gregory Crewdson. Courtesy Galerie Templon & Gagosian Gallery.
GREGORY CREWDSON, The Pickup Truck, 2014
Impression numérique pigmentaire / Digital pigment print 
95.3 x 127 cm / 37 1⁄2 x 50 in. Edition de 3 + 2 AP // Edition of 3, plus 2 Aps
© Gregory Crewdson. Courtesy Galerie Templon & Gagosian Gallery.
Installation views of Gregory Crewdson’s Cathedral of the Pines, at Galerie Daniel Templon Brussels. Photographies: Isabelle Arthuis. Courtesy of the Artist and Galerie Daniel Templon, Paris and Brussels
Installation views of Gregory Crewdson’s Cathedral of the Pines, at Galerie Daniel Templon Brussels. Photographies: Isabelle Arthuis. Courtesy of the Artist and Galerie Daniel Templon, Paris and Brussels
GREGORY CREWDSON! The Den, 2013 !Impression numérique pigmentaire / Digital pigment print ! 95.3 x 127 cm / 37 1⁄2 x 50 in.! Edition de 3 + 2 AP // Edition of 3, plus 2 APs ! © Gregory Crewdson. Courtesy Galerie Templon & Gagosian Gallery.
GREGORY CREWDSON, The Den, 2013
Impression numérique pigmentaire / Digital pigment print
95.3 x 127 cm / 37 1⁄2 x 50 in. Edition de 3 + 2 AP // Edition of 3, plus 2 APs
© Gregory Crewdson. Courtesy Galerie Templon & Gagosian Gallery.
Installation views of Gregory Crewdson’s Cathedral of the Pines, at Galerie Daniel Templon Brussels. Photographies: Isabelle Arthuis. Courtesy of the Artist and Galerie Daniel Templon, Paris and Brussels
Installation views of Gregory Crewdson’s Cathedral of the Pines, at Galerie Daniel Templon Brussels. Photographies: Isabelle Arthuis. Courtesy of the Artist and Galerie Daniel Templon, Paris and Brussels
GREGORY CREWDSON, Reclining Woman on Sofa, 2014 Impression numérique pigmentaire / Digital pigment print 95.3 x 127 cm / 37 1⁄2 x 50 in. !Edition de 3 + 2 AP // Edition of 3, plus 2 APs © Gregory Crewdson. Courtesy Galerie Templon & Gagosian Gallery.
GREGORY CREWDSON, Reclining Woman on Sofa, 2014
Impression numérique pigmentaire / Digital pigment print
95.3 x 127 cm / 37 1⁄2 x 50 in. Edition de 3 + 2 AP // Edition of 3, plus 2 APs
© Gregory Crewdson. Courtesy Galerie Templon & Gagosian Gallery.

 

 


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