Fisher Landau Center for Art to Present ALTERED APPEARANCES

Fisher Landau Center for Art has announced "ALTERED APPEARANCES", an exhibition dedicated to images that are not always what they appear to be. Utilizing experimental photographic processes & digital manipulation, the installation occupies the 2nd & 3rd floor galleries of the Center presenting 67 artworks by 28 artists from the Collection. Emily Fisher Landau's passion for seeking out alternative visions is highlighted through the presentation of discrete themes focusing on ephemeral subject matter, innovative image processing & the construction of elusive architectural landscapes. Selections from Gregory Crewdson's "Twilight" and Matthew Barney's "Cremaster" series are juxtaposed with close cropped portraits including Andres Serrano's haunting image of "Klanswoman (Grand Klaliff II, 1990) and Inez Van Lamsweerde's otherworldly depiction of "Kirsten" (1996). James Casebere, Keith Cottingham, & Fariba Hajamadi create artificial interiors that are presented on a grand scale and form a complimentary dialogue with the exterior imagery of Lynn Davis, Michel Francois, Vera Lutter and Shirin Neshat. The 3rd floor gallery presents photographs by Adam Fuss featuring snakes, infants and moving water utilizing a photogram process whereby the image is created entirely without a camera, accompanied by the ethereal depictions of Barbaba Ess, made with a pinhole camera then printed to a format that is larger than life.

Additional artists include:
Peter Campus, Susan Derges, Nancy Dwyer, Felix Gonzalez-Torres, Roni Horn, Barbara Kruger,
Robert Mapplethorpe, Vinoodh Matadin, Abelardo Morell, Richard Prince, Michal Rovner,
Lorna Simpson, Hiroshi Sugimoto, Cy Twombly, Neil Winokur.

Housed in a former parachute harness factory, Fisher Landau Center for Art was designed by
Max Gordon in association with Bill Katz and is devoted to the exhibition and study of the contemporary art collection of Emily Fisher Landau. The core of the 1500 work collection spans 1960 to the present and contains key works by artists who have shaped the most significant art of the last 50 years. Emily Fisher Landau's insightful selection of works by contemporary masters, many of which she purchased from the artists at the outset of their careers, is reflected in exhibitions presented at Fisher Landau Center for Art. Her ongoing commitment to emerging artists extends to the annual presentation of the Columbia University School of Visual Arts MFA Thesis Exhibition. In May of 2010, Mrs. Landau made a historic pledge of over 400 artworks by nearly 100 artists to the Whitney Museum of American Art, with a curated selection touring the United States through the Fall of 2014.