Uploaded December 2024 | Updated September 2026, 3 weeks ago
The Brooklyn Rail calls Mark Armijo McKnight: Decreation "an exhibition somehow sparse and expansive in equal measure, and one which signals a dramatic expansion of his art beyond the boundaries of photography." Decreation is on view in our free first floor gallery through January 12. No ticket required for entry.
Mark Armijo McKnight: Decreation features new and recent black-and-white photographs by Mark Armijo McKnight (b. 1984, Los Angeles, California; lives in New York, New York) and focuses on his ongoing body of work, “Decreation.” The concept, originated by the French philosopher, activist, and mystic Simone Weil (1909–1943), describes an intentional undoing of the self, a process Armijo McKnight explores in images of bodies and landscapes in intermediate states, such as anonymous nude figures engaged in erotic play amidst harsh environments. These photographs convey a sense of both ecstasy and affliction. A new 16mm film in the gallery plays a cacophonous symphony of gradually unwinding metronomes set within the dramatic geological formations of the Bisti Badlands/De-Na-Zin Wilderness in New Mexico. Two large limestone sculptures, which double as seating, suggest the forms of a pair of ancient sundials. As a whole, Decreation simultaneously evokes tumult and quietude, darkness and light, isolation and togetherness.
Read the Brooklyn Rail's coverage here: brooklynrail.org/2024/10/artseen/mark-armijo-mc-knight-decreation
Learn more about the exhibition here: whitney.org/exhibitions/mark-armijo-mcknight-decreation
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The Brooklyn Rail calls Mark Armijo McKnight: Decreation "an exhibition somehow sparse and expansive in equal measure, and one which signals a dramatic expansion of his art beyond the boundaries of photography." Decreation is on view in our free first floor gallery through January 12. No ticket required for entry.
Mark Armijo McKnight: Decreation features new and recent black-and-white photographs by Mark Armijo McKnight (b. 1984, Los Angeles, California; lives in New York, New York) and focuses on his ongoing body of work, “Decreation.” The concept, originated by the French philosopher, activist, and mystic Simone Weil (1909–1943), describes an intentional undoing of the self, a process Armijo McKnight explores in images of bodies and landscapes in intermediate states, such as anonymous nude figures engaged in erotic play amidst harsh environments. These photographs convey a sense of both ecstasy and affliction. A new 16mm film in the gallery plays a cacophonous symphony of gradually unwinding metronomes set within the dramatic geological formations of the Bisti Badlands/De-Na-Zin Wilderness in New Mexico. Two large limestone sculptures, which double as seating, suggest the forms of a pair of ancient sundials. As a whole, Decreation simultaneously evokes tumult and quietude, darkness and light, isolation and togetherness.
Read the Brooklyn Rail's coverage here: brooklynrail.org/2024/10/artseen/mark-armijo-mc-knight-decreation
Learn more about the exhibition here: whitney.org/exhibitions/mark-armijo-mcknight-decreation
#art #museums #whitneymuseum #markarmijomcknight #drewsawyer #contemporaryart #photography #contemporaryphotography #wideformat #blackandwhite #newmexico #desertphotography #exhibition #exhibitions #decreation
