March 14 - May 2, 2009

RAY K. METZKER Wanderings

Ray K. Metzker, Wanderings Laurence Miller Gallery will feature Ray K. Metzker's Wanderings, a series of black
and white photographs made between 1968 and 2008, in its main exhibition space opening March 14 and running through May 2, 2009. Wanderings emerged as pictures that did not fit into any previously categorized body of work. They represent discoveries that were made or visions that were revisited while Metzker was more focused on a different but singular project. Throughout his career, Ray K. Metzker has maintained a rigorous approach to photography, both in his way of seeing and his way of making pictures. Several 'intentional' bodies of work have made him one of the premier photographic artists of our time: early street scenes in urban Chicago; 'composites' of carefully made and constructed film strips; couplets of dual images carefully laid side-by-side, or unique photographic collage abstractions. In these and several other series, Metzker's intense focus as to method, material, and aesthetic has resulted in compelling bodies of work unified by a consistent vision.

Ohio, 2001
16 x 20" silver print
Edition 20

Philadelphia, 2004
20 x 16" silver print
Edition 10

Philadelphia, 2005
20 x 16" silver print
Edition 12

Philadelphia, 2007
16 x 20" silver print
Edition 10

Los Angeles, 1981
20 x 16" silver print
Edition 6

Atlantic City, 1969
10 x 8" silver print
Edition 15

Philadelphia, 1976
16 x 20" silver print
Edition 10

Philadelphia, 1981
16 x 20" silver print
Edition 12

Philadelphia, 1981
16 x 20" silver print
Edition 10

Philadelphia, 1996
16 x 20" silver print
Edition 15

Charleston, 1982
20 x 16" silver print
Edition 8

Chicago, 1982
16 x 20" silver print
Edition 15

Denver, 1984
20 x 24" c-print
Edition 10

Denver, 1984
16 x 20" silver print
Signed on verso

Philadelphia, 1996
20 x 16" silver print
Edition 10

Denver, 1986
20 x 16" silver print
Edition 15

Denver, 1986
20 x 16" silver print
Edition 12

Philadelphia, 1987
20 x 16" silver print
Edition 12

Clermont, KY, 1989
20 x 16" silver print
Edition 8

Philadelphia, 1992
11 x 14" silver print
Edition 8

Philadelphia, 1993
11 x 14" silver print
Edition 10

Mount Desert, ME, 1995
20 x 16" silver print
Edition 12

Charleston, 1982
20 x 16" silver print
Edition 8

Publication

Ray K. Metzker: Light Lines

Ray K. Metzker: Light Lines
Published by Steidl / Musee de L'Elysee, 2008.
Hardcover. 224 pages. 180 tritone reproductions.
$65 plus tax and/or shipping.
Signed copies available.

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Artist Information

Ray K. Metzker

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