Del Cielo

30 September - 25 November 2023

Del Cielo

Graciela Iturbide, Masahisa Fukase, Jo Ann Callis, Rinko Kawauchi, & James Gallagher
ROSEGALLERY
22 July - 2 September 2023

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  • Graciela Iturbide, El Senor de los Pajaros, 1984
    Graciela Iturbide
    El Senor de los Pajaros, 1984
    Signed by the artist on recto and verso
    Silver Gelatin Print
    20 x 24 inch

    0 x 0 inches
    One of two Artist's Proofs in a limited edition of fifteen
  • Graciela Iturbide, Hospital de pajaros, Delhi, India, 1999
    Graciela Iturbide
    Hospital de pajaros, Delhi, India, 1999
    Signed, titled and dated in pencil on verso
    Silver Gelatin Print
    Sheet Size 11 x 14 inches/Image Size 10 x 9.75 inches

    27.94 x 35.56 cm
    Not editioned
  • Graciela Iturbide, Los Pajaros a La Barca, Los Seris, Desierto Y Mar, Estado de Sonora, late 1970's
    Graciela Iturbide
    Los Pajaros a La Barca, Los Seris, Desierto Y Mar, Estado de Sonora, late 1970's
    Signed by the artist in ink on recto
    Silver Gelatin Print
    8.25 x 12 inches
  • Graciela Iturbide, Pajaros en el Mar, New Castle, Inglaterra, 1998
    Graciela Iturbide
    Pajaros en el Mar, New Castle, Inglaterra, 1998
    16 x 20 inch

    40.64 x 50.8 cm
  • Graciela Iturbide, Pájaros en el poste de luz [Birds on Cross-like Telephone Pole], Carretera a Guanajuato, Mexico, 1990
    Graciela Iturbide
    Pájaros en el poste de luz [Birds on Cross-like Telephone Pole], Carretera a Guanajuato, Mexico, 1990
    Signed by the artist in pencil on verso
    Silver Gelatin Print
    16 x 20 inch

    40.64 x 50.8 cm
  • Graciela Iturbide, Pajaros Paris Museo [silhouetted birds]
    Graciela Iturbide
    Pajaros Paris Museo [silhouetted birds]
    Signed by the artist on verso
    Silver Gelatin Print
    20 x 24 inch

    50.8 x 60.96 cm
  • Graciela Iturbide, Pajaros, Nayarit, Mexico, from the series asor [pajaros nyarit], 1984
    Graciela Iturbide
    Pajaros, Nayarit, Mexico, from the series asor [pajaros nyarit], 1984
    Signed titled and dated by the artist in pencil on verso; signed by the artist in ink on recto
    Silver Gelatin Print
    20 x 24 inch

    50.8 x 60.96 cm
  • Jo Ann Callis, Raven and Cake, 1980
    Jo Ann Callis
    Raven and Cake, 1980
    Signed by the artist in pencil on print verso
    Archival Pigment Print
    20 x 24 inch

    50.8 x 60.96 cm
    Number one in a limited edition of five and 2 AP's
  • Masahisa Fukase, Erimo Cape, 1976
    Masahisa Fukase
    Erimo Cape, 1976
    Signed, titled and dated by the printer in ink with artist's estate copyright stamp on verso. Signed by the printer in Japanese in pencil on verso
    Silver Gelatin Print
    16 x 20 inches
  • Masahisa Fukase, Kawazawa, 1978
    Masahisa Fukase
    Kawazawa, 1978
    Signed, titled and dated by the printer in ink with artist's estate copyright stamp on verso. Signed by the printer in Japanese in pencil on verso
    Silver Gelatin Print
    16 x 20 inches
  • Masahisa Fukase, Nayoro, 1976
    Masahisa Fukase
    Nayoro, 1976
    Signed, titled and dated by the printer in ink with artist's estate copyright stamp on verso. Signed by the printer in Japanese in pencil on verso.
    Silver Gelatin Print
    16 x 20 inches
  • Masahisa Fukase, Nayoro, 1976
    Masahisa Fukase
    Nayoro, 1976
    Signed, titled and dated by the printer in ink with artist's estate copyright stamp on verso. Signed by the printer in Japanese in pencil on verso.
    Silver Gelatin Print
    16 x 20 inches
  • Masahisa Fukase, Nayoro, 1976
    Masahisa Fukase
    Nayoro, 1976
    Signed, titled and dated by the printer in ink with artist's estate copyright stamp on verso; Signed by the printer in Japanese in pencil on verso
    Silver Gelatin Print
    16 x 20 inch
    40.64 x 50.8 cm

    21 x 25 inches framed
  • Masahisa Fukase, Nayoro, 1977
    Masahisa Fukase
    Nayoro, 1977
    Signed, titled and dated by the printer in ink with artist's estate copyright stamp on verso. Signed by the printer in Japanese in pencil on verso.
    Silver Gelatin Print
    16 x 20 inches
  • Masahisa Fukase, Shikotan Peninsula, 1977
    Masahisa Fukase
    Shikotan Peninsula, 1977
    Signed, titled and dated by the printer in ink with artist's estate copyright stamp on verso. Signed by the printer in Japanese in pencil on verso
    Silver Gelatin Print
    16 x 20 inches
  • Masahisa Fukase, Tokyo Bay, 1980
    Masahisa Fukase
    Tokyo Bay, 1980
    Signed, titled and dated by the printer in ink with artist's estate copyright stamp on verso; Signed by the printer in Japanese in pencil on verso. Printed 2008 by Masato Seto.
    Marked P.107-5
    DAMAGED?
    Silver Gelatin Print
    16 x 20 inches
  • James Gallagher, Untitled, 2015
    James Gallagher
    Untitled, 2015
    Unique mixed media collage
    2 x 3.25 inch

    .79 x 1.28 inches
  • James Gallagher, Untitled, 2015
    James Gallagher
    Untitled, 2015
    Unique mixed media collage
    2.5 x 4 inch

    .98 x 1.57 inches
  • James Gallagher, Untitled, 2015
    James Gallagher
    Untitled, 2015
    Unique mixed media collage
    2.5 x 4 inch

    .98 x 1.57 inches
  • James Gallagher, Untitled, 2015
    James Gallagher
    Untitled, 2015
    Unique mixed media collage
    2.5 x 4 inch

    .98 x 1.57 inches
  • James Gallagher, Untitled, 2015
    James Gallagher
    Untitled, 2015
    Unique mixed media collage
    2.5 x 4 inch

    .98 x 1.57 inches
  • James Gallagher, Untitled, 2015
    James Gallagher
    Untitled, 2015
    Unique mixed media collage
    2.5 x 4 inch

    .98 x 1.57 inches
  • James Gallagher, Untitled, 2015
    James Gallagher
    Untitled, 2015
    Unique mixed media collage
    2.5 x 4.25 inch

    .98 x 1.67 inches
  • James Gallagher, Untitled, 2015
    James Gallagher
    Untitled, 2015
    Unique mixed media collage
    2 x 4.5 inch

    .79 x 1.77 inches
  • James Gallagher, Untitled, 2015
    James Gallagher
    Untitled, 2015
    Unique mixed media collage
    3 x 4.25 inch

    1.18 x 1.67 inches
  • James Gallagher, Untitled, 2015
    James Gallagher
    Untitled, 2015
    Unique mixed media collage
    3.5 x 5.5 inch

    1.38 x 2.17 inches
  • James Gallagher, Untitled, 2015
    James Gallagher
    Untitled, 2015
    Unique mixed media collage
    3.5 x 5.25 inch

    1.38 x 2.07 inches
  • James Gallagher, Untitled, 2015
    James Gallagher
    Untitled, 2015
    Unique mixed media collage
    3.5 x 5.5 inch

    1.38 x 2.17 inches
  • James Gallagher, Untitled, 2015
    James Gallagher
    Untitled, 2015
    Unique mixed media collage
    4 x 5.5 inch

    1.57 x 2.17 inches
  • James Gallagher, Untitled, 2015
    James Gallagher
    Untitled, 2015
    Unique photo collage
    3 x 5 inch

    1.18 x 1.97 inches
  • James Gallagher, Untitled, 2015
    James Gallagher
    Untitled, 2015
    Unique photo collage
    3.75 x 5.5 inch

    1.48 x 2.17 inches
  • James Gallagher, Untitled, 2015
    James Gallagher
    Untitled, 2015
    Unique photo collage
    3 x 5.5 inch

    1.18 x 2.17 inches
  • James Gallagher, Untitled, 2015
    James Gallagher
    Untitled, 2015
    Unique photo collage
    4 x 6.5 inch

    1.57 x 2.56 inches
  • James Gallagher, Untitled, 2015
    James Gallagher
    Untitled, 2015
    Unique photo collage
    4.5 x 6.5 inch

    1.77 x 2.56 inches
  • James Gallagher, Untitled, 2015
    James Gallagher
    Untitled, 2015
    Unique photo collage
    4.5 x 6.5 inch

    1.77 x 2.56 inches
  • James Gallagher, Untitled, 2015
    James Gallagher
    Untitled, 2015
    Unique photo collage
    4.5 x 6.5 inch

    1.77 x 2.56 inches
  • James Gallagher, Untitled, 2015
    James Gallagher
    Untitled, 2015
    Unique photo collage
    4.5 x 6.5 inch

    1.77 x 2.56 inches
  • James Gallagher, Untitled, 2015
    James Gallagher
    Untitled, 2015
    Unique photo collage
    4.5 x 6.5 inch

    1.77 x 2.56 inches
  • James Gallagher, Untitled, 2015
    James Gallagher
    Untitled, 2015
    Unique photo collage
    4.5 x 6.5 inch

    1.77 x 2.56 inches
  • James Gallagher, Untitled, 2015
    James Gallagher
    Untitled, 2015
    Unique photo collage
    4.5 x 6.5 inch

    1.77 x 2.56 inches
  • James Gallagher, Untitled, 2015
    James Gallagher
    Untitled, 2015
    Unique photo collage
    4.5 x 6.5 inch

    1.77 x 2.56 inches
  • James Gallagher, Untitled, 2015
    James Gallagher
    Untitled, 2015
    Unique photo collage
    4.5 x 6.5 inch

    1.77 x 2.56 inches
  • James Gallagher, Untitled, 2015
    James Gallagher
    Untitled, 2015
    Unique photo collage
    5.25 x 7.9 inch

    2.07 x 3.11 inches
  • James Gallagher, Untitled, 2015
    James Gallagher
    Untitled, 2015
    Unique photo collage
    5 x 6.75 inch

    1.97 x 2.66 inches
  • James Gallagher, Untitled, 2015
    James Gallagher
    Untitled, 2015
    Unique photo collage
    4.5 x 6.5 inch

    1.77 x 2.56 inches
  • James Gallagher, Untitled, 2015
    James Gallagher
    Untitled, 2015
    Unique photo collage
    4.5 x 6.5 inch

    1.77 x 2.56 inches
  • James Gallagher, Untitled, 2015
    James Gallagher
    Untitled, 2015
    Unique photo collage
    4.5 x 6.5 inch

    1.77 x 2.56 inches
  • James Gallagher, Untitled, 2015
    James Gallagher
    Untitled, 2015
    Unique photo collage
    3 x 5 inch

    1.18 x 1.97 inches
  • Jo Ann Callis, Parrot and Sailboat, 1980
    Jo Ann Callis
    Parrot and Sailboat, 1980
    Signed, dated, titled, and editioned by the artist in pencil on verso
    Vintage Dye Transfer Print
    20 x 24 inches
    5 in edition of 7

Del Cielo

30 September - 25 November 2023

ROSEGALLERY is pleased to present Del Cielo, a collection of photographs by

Graciela Iturbide, Masahisa Fukase, Jo Ann Callis, Rinko Kawauchi, and James Gallagher.

Artists and poets have drawn inspiration from birds for centuries, celebrating their intricate patterns and melodious tunes as representations of the natural world’s aesthetic wonders. From ancient Egyptian hieroglyphics to John James Audubon’s intricate avian illustrations in “The Birds of America”, artists have sought to capture the essence of these creatures in their work. Del Cielo continues this interest and worldly narrative, tracking the visual presence of these creatures through photography.

One of the most famous poems about birds in the English language is “The Raven”, written by American poet Edgar Allan Poe. Published in 1845, the poem is widely renowned and know for its dark and melancholic themes, notably its vivid depiction of a mysterious, talking raven. “The Raven” is a masterpiece of Gothic literature and has had a long and lasting impact on literature and popular culture.

While documenting the burial of a newborn baby and reconciling with the graphic imagery of death itself, a large flock of birds began to take flight above Graciela Iturbide, darkening the light of the sun. Seeing this, she immediately pointed her camera to the sky and began photographing, spawning the first images in her Pájaros series. Recounting this memory, she states that “I wondered if I was dreaming, but it was a reality. From then on, instead of cemeteries, I started to photograph birds — birds in flight because they represented liberty. Taking those photographs set me free from my suffering.”

Masahisa Fukase’s seminal work, The Solitude of Ravens, chronicles a dark and melancholic era of the artist’s life. Created in the wake of a divorce from his wife of 13 years, Fukase hones his focus onto a singular subject: ravens. In Japanese mythology, ravens are seen as the messengers that bridge the gap between moral and divine, sending messages from the gods to our physical world. Ravens are also symbols of duality; light and dark, embodying the cycles of life and death. It is perhaps these traits and characteristics that drew Fukase to these creatures, they were a reflection of himself.

“It was at that time that I witnessed the parent swallows in their silent, dutiful pursuit of acquiring food for their young. The sight gave me a new, simplified perspective--it made me think that merely being able to feed your child is fulfilling a vital role as a parent. I felt encouraged, and my emotions, closed and shut in, seemed to find release.” - Rinko Kawauchi from Des Oiseaux (On Birds). In her series Des Oiseaux, Kawauchi observes a family of swallows, observing the parents raising her young. Her observations are a meditative examination of the cycle of life for these beings, a cycle not too far from our own.

In the work of Jo Ann Callis and James Gallagher, birds are effigies that accompany the other elements in the images, with their presence alluding to common associations typically attached to these avian creatures. In Callis’ Raven and Cake (1980), a raven swoops downward from the left of the composition in a somewhat Hitchcockian fashion. Gallagher’s Bird Portraits superimposes images of various bird species atop the faces of individual subjects in vintage portrait photographs.

These instances of reflection bond our connection and relationship to these creatures of the sky. They embody many of our traits and embed themselves within the tales of our cultures.