Jean-Pierre Villafañe “Outside and Aching” On view at ATM Gallery through October 9, 2022 Closely identifying with the city he observes, Villafañe offers a depiction of New York not as it is traditionally regarded but rather as it is intimately experienced. The use of the voyeur’s gaze permits him to transform the bewildering city into a stage set, allowing him not only to tame the city within the confines of a canvas or sculpture but to domesticate it too. In doing so, the spectator is offered a theater of the daily performances of living. Images within images explicitly reinforce this theater-like rendition of New York. Image: Rear Window, 2022
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