201@105 Gallery
CURRENT SHOW:
Clarence Klingebeil:
"Misfits"
Angelica, Asbury Park, New Jersey June 2023
Artist Statement - Clarence Klingebeil
For the past 25 years I have worked as a fashion photographer, and occasionally a celebrity portrait photographer. I was first exposed to the world of skateboarding through my friend and roommate, professional skater, John Grigley in 2018. When I expressed interest in taking portraits of skaters, he immediately agreed to help me and made introductions to some of his friends, allowing me access to this world. One thing led to another and soon I would begin heading to skate parks on my own. I made weekly, sometimes daily visits to the skate parks of NYC. For the first time in my long career, I feel like I’m taking the photographs that I’ve always wanted to take in my ongoing series, ‘Skate-Homies’. My work is inspired by Richard Avedon’s body of work in the ‘American West’.
On a technical note, I particularly enjoy the immediacy of working alone without an assistant. I prefer to use a simple setup which allows me to quickly establish a rapport with my subjects. I intend this body of work to be open-ended and will continue taking portraits of skateboarders and look forward to bringing it into book form.
From an early age on I had a fascination with tattoos. My uncle had a very primitive one from when he was in prison and I thought it was the coolest thing. Back then you didn’t see a lot of tattoos, at least where I lived. In 2022 I started visiting tattoo conventions, motorcycle rallies and Hardcore music venues to take portraits. I found that these new subjects, a sub culture onto its own, were more than happy to be photographed, since they took pride in their appearance and body modification.
In early 2024 I found employment at the Metropolitan Museum of Art. As a security guard I became interested in photographing my colleagues, fellow security guards. This project would not have happened without the support of the MET Chief Security Officer, Regina Lombardo. I am grateful for her support in encouraging me to pursue my passion for portraiture. The people I photographed have been, without exception, very kind and generous with their time. There have been four exhibitions so far, this being the fifth one. I have self published three volumes of Skate-Homies and the fourth volume will drop this Fall. It will never cease to amaze me when people afford me a glimpse into their inner lives, however brief it may be.
Clarence K.
UPCOMING SHOW:
Pietro Finelli:
"Silver Ships On NYC"
Artist Statement - Pietro Finelli
201@105 is pleased to present a solo exhibition by PIETRO FINELLI, called SILVER SHIPS ON NYC. The exhibition will open on Sunday, December 14th 2025 and run through February 12th 2026. There will be a reception for the artist from 5pm to 9pm on December 14th. At the request of the gallery, the following press release is authored entirely by the artist.
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Silver Ships ploughs through the fabric of NYC, engraving furrows upon it [ from the Latin sulcare, "to trace a furrow, to cut through, "derived from sulcus, "furrow"].
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With this title, Pietro Finelli imbues his work with both the undulating movement of a ship and the incisive, excavating motion of leaving and revealing a trace. Through these two motions -- forward and downward -- the work assumes the configuration of a profound mark, yet one that is not static. The diachronic, cinematic flow of time is subverted into the transitivity of parallel planes.
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Finelli's well-known interest is classic cinema, especially film noir -- whose structure and articulation he has been investigating for years -- is particularly relevant here ("Film noir was a deeply creative period, perhaps the most creative in the entire history of Hollywood," Paul Schrader).
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This film, Finelli has deconstructed a short film by artist Luca Maria Patella, shot in 1968 and titled SKMP2, an acronym for Fabio Sargentini, Jannis Kounellis, Eliseo Mattiacci, Pino Pascali and Patella himself (together with his partner, Rosa Foschi). Finelli weaves a new discourse from it, expanding it to include artists such as David Hammons, Jean-Luc Godard, Fritz Lang, while also giving greater space to an artist like Rosa Foschi.
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By working on Patella's filmic text, Finelli disassembles and reconstructs it according to a new temporal and spatial order. The film becomes embedded within another film -- a new and unpublished work, full of multiple layers of reference.
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The material, engraved into the fabric of something as ephemeral as paper, unfolds across multiple screens. This is the hallmark of Finelli's folded paper works.
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This new paper film -- Sidereus Nuncius -- Eppur si muove, mixed media on paper 184 x 302 cm, 2024 -- achieves a simultaneous and centripetal movement, sinking into memory and suggesting unprecedented juxtapositions both about and within contemporaneity.
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Each scene, distilled with surgical precision from the cinematic continuum, is sublimated into an abstract dimension, where the single episode becomes an alibi for an investigation into the mechanisms of percieving reality as filtered through the camera's lens. The exhibition features entirely new never-before-seen works.
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Pietro Finelli (1957) is an artist, curator and theorist who lives and works in Milan, Italy. He has exhibited in galleries, museums and international institutions, including Gallery MC, NYC, Trevi Flash Art Museum, Trevi, II Ponte Contemporanea Roma, galleria Pack Milano, Museo Castel Nuovo Napoli, Musee d'art moderne et Contemporain (Mamco) Geneva, Fundation F.J. Klemm Buenos Aires, Galerie Jacques Cerami Charleroi, Velan Centro per l'arte Contemporanea di Torino, Arcos Museo d'arte contemporanea, Benevento, Galleria Pietro Monopoli, Milano, Università di comunicazione e lingue IULM, Milano, Chateua Gilson, La Louviere, Belgigue, Pio Monte della Misericordia, Napoli, Muzeul National de Arta al Moldovei, Chisinau, KCCC (Klaipeda Culture Communication Center), 2Lithuania, Galleria Nazionale di Consenza, Fabbrica del Vapore, Milano, Ha curato progetti espositivi a Padova, Pavia, Parigi, New York, Milano, Ha scritto La Pittura. II corpo infinito (Eng Edition Painting. The Infinite Body), Mimesis Milano 2014 (con Francesco Correggia); OEil, Stockmans, Antwerp, 2021; Di certa Idea, Pittura rimozioni cinema, Volcanos Press Milano, Galleria Nazionale de Consenza, 2022.
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201@105 is located in 'Little Italy' at the northwest corner of Canal and Mulberry Streets, on the 2nd floor in room 201, at 105 Mulberry Street in New York City. It is open Thursdays, Fridays, Saturdays and Sundays from noon to 7pm & by appointment.
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