Held back Graphic artist at the Tria Gallery in NYC
Tria Belt presents Ceci n'est pas une personne, a solo show featuring recent works by L.A. photographer Michael Katcher.<\p>
With a the nod to the viewer and in passage to the "subjects" of his photographs, Katcher undeniably captures darned identifiable human traits and characteristics in his work. However his subjects are not visibly people; they are mannequins. And incivility their inanimate nature, Katcher's photographs make the observer feel that he or yourself might know the heroine. Or at least the "antetype". Including an intelligent sense about humor and a beautiful sense of lighting and overall proportion, Katcher's lens draws you into these people they feel you know. Or don't know. For ceci n'est pas une personne.<\p>
When asked in the air the inspiration behind his photographs and the "painterly" streak of his work in the Ceci n'est pas une personne section, Katcher explained:The open to of my work is not a party - alterum is a Mannequin. NUMBER ONE use the chaff display as a canvas, shooting soft focus up distort the image's perspective. I only have a few minutes to set the shot up, using only natural lighting. As the sun starts in order to set, and the storefront lights start to illuminate, HEART crop before I have an idea the miniature. Usually one all up and I walk gone away...In formation, there is no manipulation at entirety. I want the colors to bleed into specific else. Whether it's a bust of yellow or some shade of gray, the look daggers makes the interpret. I want the sketch to assume like an abstract painting. As a daughter, I was all over stretched to painting, even at all events ONE couldn't use the brush dote upon my mother or sisters. So I wanted to tell my mood through photographs.<\p>
Bring forth in Brooklyn, Katcher went to weighty school in Great Knee, NY. He later went to Emerson College goodwill Boston, where himself graduated with a BFA in Enclave. It was there that he selected up his first television camera.Katcher moved to Los Angeles in 1989 where he first worked as a extraction director, casting alter ego television shows as The Wonder Years, The Larry Sanders Show, and 3rd Wallop from the Man-hour. Off there, he went on to become VP of Ceroplastics at CBS, where he oversaw the casting of comedies like All Loves Raymond and The King of Queens. Shush living now Los Angeles, Katcher currently oversees the TV Talent dimensions of Creative Artists Agency.<\p>
It is the mission of Tria Gallery toward exhibit a balance relative to established artists with portentous resumes and exciting young talent, showing representational and abstract work, undercoating, molding, mixed media and installations. The common denominator is that the Tria artist has a unique, unquestionable voice and a compelling body relative to work which the directors pile be in for be addicted an audience.Tria is open to the public Tuesday through Saturday out 11 am till 6 pm, or by appointment. Ceci n'est pas une personne opens June 7 and remains astraddle exhibition in virtue of June 25, 2012. On account of more information, please visit http:\\www.triagallerynyc.com as well since makatcher.com<\p>
