Needles · Part II: from Anyós to New York
Yesterday, the work. Today, where it went.
We opened "Needles" on 14 February 2025 in the house that is our gallery, in Anyós, 1,342 meters above sea level, and it stayed on our walls for five and a half months, until 31 July. The large prints hung above the sofas, and two smaller ones rested on a shelf above the books. This is how we show photographs here: the way you would live with them at home.
The book was unveiled with the exhibition. It was published by RM: 96 pages, a softcover sewn with vegetable thread, in a slipcase, with David Campany's essay "Needles of the Afternoon" as its introduction.
In April we took the series to New York, to The Photography Show presented by AIPAD at the Park Avenue Armory. It was the gallery's first time there, and we took one series only: booth D11 was all "Needles", the dark prints next to the light ones.
Campany wrote that at times the needles look like wire, like the work of Alexander Calder, and at times like the simple line drawings that Picasso and Matisse made every day. "Every single pine needle is recognizable as a pine needle, and every single one is unique."
He ends his essay with a question: "Isn't that the miracle of all figurative art?"
Two chapters to go.
The works shown are available. The gallery is open, as always, by appointment.
