“Sex is an all day, all night activity. It happens inside behind closed doors or outside in the most obscure places. It surrounds us at any given time. These intimate, charged scenarios elevate the experience of simple voyeurism to a wholly new level and invite the voyeur to participate in the dialogue of rebellion and the dangers of sexual transgression. They challenge the viewer to question his or her own sense of humanity and spiritual liberation.”
- Gerald Förster
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The Stephen Cohen Gallery is pleased to announce Nocturnal, Gerald Förster's color photographs and videos of intimate, sexually charged, urban scenes at night.
At first glance, Förster's dark images of seemingly random locales offer a sense of noir-like drama - a staged setting. Upon closer inspection however, a naked couple is revealed, their blurred shapes presume an act of lovemaking, captured forever on film. Whether intrigued or repulsed, questions fill the mind. Is this real? Staged or fleetingly captured? Nocturnal presents the viewer not only with beautiful, moody images, but which also addresses, an issue that is continuously up for discussion - sex, and all of its attributes from a simple physical need to lustful desire.
Opening Reception: September 18, 2009, 7-9pm
Stephen Cohen Gallery
7358 Beverly Boulevard
Los Angeles CA 90036
(323) 937-5525
Interview with Gerald Förster
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