RAY K. METZKER: Composites 1964-2007

RAY K. METZKER Composites 1964-2007

Ray K. Metzker - Composites In October 1967 The Museum of Modern Art in New York presented the first one-person show of large-scale "Composites" by Ray K. Metzker (born 1931). Their wall label stated:

Ray K. Metzker rejects the conventional photographic realism of the isolated view in order to find increased freedom to interpret and create. His works consist not of a preserved moment but of assembled related moments presented for simultaneous viewing. Through controlled juxtaposition of modular visual fragments he creates a multi-view, a fine-spun net to catch and combine the commonplace, though normally elusive visual nuances of his subject.

Ray K. Metzker has written:

Where photography has been primarily a process of selection and extraction, I wish to investigate the possibilities of synthesis. I began thinking of the entire roll as one negative... What I am talking about is complexity. When you approach one of the large composites, you see it more as an abstract design, and when you come in closer, you see a wealth of everyday information. There is no particular point of entry or procedure to the seeing; it is a multiplicity of elements operating in an aleatory manner.

The J. Paul Getty Museum will present 100 works by Ray K. Metzker in a career-spanning retrospective exhibition to open in September 2012. A new monograph on Ray K. Metzker written by scholar and curator Keith Davis will be published in conjunction with the Getty exhibition. Ray K. Metzker is represented exclusively by Laurence Miller Gallery.

A Maze ‘N Philadelphia, 1967/1984 Composite of 14 mounted prints 67 x 51.5” Signed on verso Unique	Hot Diggedy, 1967-2002 Composite of 8 mounted prints 35 x 42” Signed on recto Unique	1105 Window, 1965 Composite of 12 mounted prints 30 x 22” Signed on verso Unique
Anonymous, 1962/1992 Composite of 154 mounted prints 23.5 x 21” Signed on verso Unique	Flutterbye, 2007 Composite of 13 mounted prints 24 x 20” Signed on verso Unique	Sea Salt, 1965 Composite of 12 mounted prints 20 x 16” Signed on verso Unique
Chicago, 1959 Vintage gelatin silver print 10 x 8” Signed on verso One of two known vintage prints	Parking Pavilion, 1967 Composite of 14 mounted prints 30 x 22” Signed on recto Unique	Venetian Blind, 1966 Composite of 10 mounted prints 22 x 30” Signed on recto Unique
Whimsy #3, 1974 Composite of 4 mounted prints 10 x 10” Unique	Whimsy #10, 1974 Composite of 4 mounted prints 10 x 10” Unique	Nude, 1966/1985 Composite of 7 mounted prints 32 x 21” Signed on recto #13/20 (only 14 completed)
Soxy, 1973 Composite of 20 mounted prints 13 x 12 ½” Signed on recto Unique	Zip Squared, 1964 Composite of 16 mounted prints 15 ¾ x 14” Signed on recto Unique	Singing in the Rain Composite of 20 prints 9 x 11 3/8" on 16 x 20" mount Signed on recto Unique
Wispy, c. 1974 Composite of 9 prints 6.5 x 6.5" on 16 x 14" mount Signed on recto Unique	Wispy, c. 1974 Composite of 16 prints 8 x 8" on 16 x 14" mount Signed on recto Unique	Yatata, c. 1974 Composite of 16 prints 7 1/4 x 7 1/4" on 16 x 14" mount Signed on recto Unique
Majoodles, 1966-2007 Composite of 20 vintage prints Prints made c. 1966, mounted 2007 18.8 x 22" Signed on recto Unique	Up, Up and Away, 1965-2002 Composite of 4 mounted prints 19 x 19” Signed on recto Unique	In Situ, 1964-2006 Composite of 15 mounted prints 8.25 x 9" on 20 x 16" mount Signed on recto Unique

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