Intense duality in New York. The double gaze: architectures of the void by Jose Conceptes
12/10/2023.
[NY] USA
metalocus, CRISTINA RODRÍGUEZ
metalocus, CRISTINA RODRÍGUEZ
Photographer Jose Conceptes has released a series of black and white images of the New York "Big Apple" expressing his taste for the character of the strokes, the play of light and shadow, and the coordination of all the elements.
The images are characterized by their straight lines, typical of the city's buildings, and by the confusion they generate in those who observe them since they are presented as finished works but appear as an unfinished whole and in continuous change.
The images are characterized by their straight lines, typical of the city's buildings, and by the confusion they generate in those who observe them since they are presented as finished works but appear as an unfinished whole and in continuous change.
The double gaze: architectures of the void by Jose Conceptes. Photograph by Jose Conceptes.
The double gaze: architectures of the void by Jose Conceptes. Photograph by Jose Conceptes.
The double gaze: architectures of the void by Jose Conceptes. Photograph by Jose Conceptes.
The double gaze: architectures of the void by Jose Conceptes. Photograph by Jose Conceptes.
The double gaze: architectures of the void by Jose Conceptes. Photograph by Jose Conceptes.
The double gaze: architectures of the void by Jose Conceptes. Photograph by Jose Conceptes.
The double gaze: architectures of the void by Jose Conceptes. Photograph by Jose Conceptes.
The double gaze: architectures of the void by Jose Conceptes. Photograph by Jose Conceptes.
The double gaze: architectures of the void by Jose Conceptes. Photograph by Jose Conceptes.
The double gaze: architectures of the void by Jose Conceptes. Photograph by Jose Conceptes.
The double gaze: architectures of the void by Jose Conceptes. Photograph by Jose Conceptes.
The double gaze: architectures of the void by Jose Conceptes. Photograph by Jose Conceptes.
The double gaze: architectures of the void by Jose Conceptes. Photograph by Jose Conceptes.
The double gaze: architectures of the void by Jose Conceptes. Photograph by Jose Conceptes.
The double gaze: architectures of the void by Jose Conceptes. Photograph by Jose Conceptes.
The double gaze: architectures of the void by Jose Conceptes. Photograph by Jose Conceptes.
The double gaze: architectures of the void by Jose Conceptes. Photograph by Jose Conceptes.
The double gaze: architectures of the void by Jose Conceptes. Photograph by Jose Conceptes.
The double gaze: architectures of the void by Jose Conceptes. Photograph by Jose Conceptes.
The double gaze: architectures of the void by Jose Conceptes. Photograph by Jose Conceptes.
The double gaze: architectures of the void by Jose Conceptes. Photograph by Jose Conceptes.
The double gaze: architectures of the void by Jose Conceptes. Photograph by Jose Conceptes.
The double gaze: architectures of the void by Jose Conceptes. Photograph by Jose Conceptes.
The double gaze: architectures of the void by Jose Conceptes. Photograph by Jose Conceptes.
The double gaze: architectures of the void by Jose Conceptes. Photograph by Jose Conceptes.
The double gaze: architectures of the void by Jose Conceptes. Photograph by Jose Conceptes.
The double gaze: architectures of the void by Jose Conceptes. Photograph by Jose Conceptes.
The double gaze: architectures of the void by Jose Conceptes. Photograph by Jose Conceptes.
The double gaze: architectures of the void by Jose Conceptes. Photograph by Jose Conceptes.
The double gaze: architectures of the void by Jose Conceptes. Photograph by Jose Conceptes.
The double gaze: architectures of the void by Jose Conceptes. Photograph by Jose Conceptes.
The double gaze: architectures of the void by Jose Conceptes. Photograph by Jose Conceptes.
The double gaze: architectures of the void by Jose Conceptes. Photograph by Jose Conceptes.
The double gaze: architectures of the void by Jose Conceptes. Photograph by Jose Conceptes.
The double gaze: architectures of the void by Jose Conceptes. Photograph by Jose Conceptes.
The double gaze: architectures of the void by Jose Conceptes. Photograph by Jose Conceptes.
The double gaze: architectures of the void by Jose Conceptes. Photograph by Jose Conceptes.
The double gaze: architectures of the void by Jose Conceptes. Photograph by Jose Conceptes.
The double gaze: architectures of the void by Jose Conceptes. Photograph by Jose Conceptes.
The double gaze: architectures of the void by Jose Conceptes. Photograph by Jose Conceptes.
The double gaze: architectures of the void by Jose Conceptes. Photograph by Jose Conceptes.
The double gaze: architectures of the void by Jose Conceptes. Photograph by Jose Conceptes.
The double gaze: architectures of the void by Jose Conceptes. Photograph by Jose Conceptes.
The double gaze: architectures of the void by Jose Conceptes. Photograph by Jose Conceptes.
The double gaze: architectures of the void by Jose Conceptes. Photograph by Jose Conceptes.
The double gaze: architectures of the void by Jose Conceptes. Photograph by Jose Conceptes.
The double gaze: architectures of the void by Jose Conceptes. Photograph by Jose Conceptes.
The double gaze: architectures of the void by Jose Conceptes. Photograph by Jose Conceptes.
The double gaze: architectures of the void by Jose Conceptes. Photograph by Jose Conceptes.
The double gaze: architectures of the void by Jose Conceptes. Photograph by Jose Conceptes.
The double perspective of this series of images by Jose Conceptes alludes to the most well-known, typical, and tourist areas of New York City versus those less known spaces, mixing both realities in his photographs.
With this, the artist wants to represent the modern, rational, and organized city for economic life but leaves its meaning open to personal interpretations, conceiving them as a mirror of
current modern life.
With this, the artist wants to represent the modern, rational, and organized city for economic life but leaves its meaning open to personal interpretations, conceiving them as a mirror of
current modern life.
The double gaze: architectures of the void by Jose Conceptes. Photograph by Jose Conceptes.
The double gaze: architectures of the void by Jose Conceptes. Photograph by Jose Conceptes.
The double gaze: architectures of the void by Jose Conceptes. Photograph by Jose Conceptes.
Project description by Jose Conceptes
In this series, Jose Conceptes expresses his taste for the character of the strokes, the play of lights and shadows, and the coordination of all the elements. The organization of space and the subtleties of those straight elements, where the curve is almost fictitious, are another of the characteristics of the photographic work of Jose Conceptes. A black and white photograph where color is non-existent, where the security of the urban landscape is reflected in constructions understood as a product of the imagination. His works generate some confusion because they are presented as finished but instead appear as an unfinished whole, in continuous change. That is the double view between what we find as typical or touristy and the less known areas of the New York “Big Apple”.
His images seem to mix both realities, highlighting the clean photographic composition, clean of any element attached to it and free of drama. There is nothing artificial, what is there is the real thing that is seen. A real architecture in which the artist plays with space and size, proposing old buildings as a scale until turning those into the true protagonists. Of his work, the geometric shapes stand out, lacking temporality, which is applied to the representation of a void extensive to the space they fill. The modern, rational city, is organized for economic life in which its photographed elements act as a bridge between reality and what the viewer captures.
They are contrasts where three-dimensionality is ignored to generate its own space through the use of light itself. Minimalism and conceptuality, are two concepts so fashionable in our time that they are present in his work. They are black and white photographs that represent a coldness separated from all human presence. At first glance with the buildings and their scenery, but with his technique and vision he manages to make them seem like something other than what is known, so their usual meaning is open to personal interpretations, to be conceived as a mirror of modern modern life, causing scenic desolation.
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Jose Conceptes
Jose Conceptes (Vinaròs, València, Spain, 1978) is a photographer who, after several years of experimental work, focuses his work on architecture and urban landscape. The strength of the angularities, the lights, and the shadows in black and white enhance the shapes and move the subject to the background. With a very studied composition, where nothing is left to chance, except the subjective aspect of the gaze, he tries to ensure that his photographs have a special appeal whose simplicity, cleanliness, and stillness aim to convey the character of eternity inherent to urban structures.
He is interested in what is seen, but also in what is ignored or difficult to perceive by the human eye. Giving importance to what often goes unnoticed, discovering new ways in aspects that at first glance may seem trivial, simple, and unimportant.
Jose Conceptes plays with volumes, shadows, and textures, understood as traces of the landscape or the creations of man, since between objects and shadows there is a dialogue that he tries to capture in his works.
In the last 10 years, he has obtained more than 30 national and international awards and has dedicated himself to giving talks and workshops focused on his own vision of Photography. Currently, he is president of the Vinaròs photographic association AFOVINA.
He is interested in what is seen, but also in what is ignored or difficult to perceive by the human eye. Giving importance to what often goes unnoticed, discovering new ways in aspects that at first glance may seem trivial, simple, and unimportant.
Jose Conceptes plays with volumes, shadows, and textures, understood as traces of the landscape or the creations of man, since between objects and shadows there is a dialogue that he tries to capture in his works.
In the last 10 years, he has obtained more than 30 national and international awards and has dedicated himself to giving talks and workshops focused on his own vision of Photography. Currently, he is president of the Vinaròs photographic association AFOVINA.
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