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James Bartolacci: Life Without Night

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8 - 29 October 2020
  • James Bartolacci - Life Without Night

    October 8 - 29

     

     

  • Taymour Grahne Projects is pleased to present 'Life Without Night' an online solo exhibition by James Bartolacci launching virtually on...

    Taymour Grahne Projects is pleased to present

    'Life Without Night'

    an online solo exhibition by 

    James Bartolacci

    launching virtually on 

    Thursday 8, 2020.

  • JAMES BARTOLACCI B. 1988, Easton, PA Lives and works in Queens, NY James Bartolacci (b. 1988) received his MFA in...

    JAMES BARTOLACCI

    B. 1988, Easton, PA

    Lives and works in Queens, NY

     

    James Bartolacci (b. 1988) received his MFA in Painting and Printmaking from the Yale School of Art in 2020 and has since exhibited in group and solo exhibitions at Galerie Perrotin and Taymour Grahne Projects.

     

    His first London solo will be held in 2021 at Taymour Grahne Projects, London.

     

    James Bartolacci’s practice draws from personal experiences of queer nightlife in New York City. Bartolacci's work has been recently included in articles for Artsy, Artnet and The New York Times.



    • "Life without Night" is James Bartolacci’s latest body of work and responds to the closure of nightlife during the pandemic. Night club venues and spaces were part of the cultural fabric that provided meaningful parameters for social affinity and self-affirmation. In reaction, Bartolacci has chosen the bedroom - an intimate setting to stage real-life, evocative scenes with friends. It was here they rediscovered the joy of dressing up, the intensity of music and the animated chatter that preambles the unique anticipation of a night out. Derived from these explorations and personal experience, "Life Without Night" is a series of 8 pastel drawings.

    • Believing nightlife is an art form in itself, Bartolacci sets out to honor the production that goes into each drawing. Often the emphasis is placed on the relationship between clubbing and belonging, whilst at others, the more sombre occasions of the night. Still lifes are realised as illuminated cups that are left behind when the party is over. The aftermath of a bodily presence, rather than the tangible presence of the body itself. These cups, in their isolated state, embody a loneliness and personify Bartolacci’s own feelings during lockdown. 

    • Through a vibrant, yet selective assembly of tones; atmosphere, colour and mood is captured - despite revellers no longer being present in the setting. The more abstracted drawings in the series, go further, somewhat erasing the figure from the evening landscape. Bartolacci’ stylistic choices are deliberate, and resonant of the voids within club-like gatherings. It is here, one catches glimpses of a figure they can’t quite grasp, and where movement, ambiance and visual saturation takes over.

  • Bartolacci has chosen the bedroom - an intimate setting to stage real-life, scenes - where friends rediscovered the joy of... Bartolacci has chosen the bedroom - an intimate setting to stage real-life, scenes - where friends rediscovered the joy of...

    Bartolacci has chosen the bedroom - an intimate setting to stage real-life, scenes - where friends rediscovered the joy of dressing up, the intensity of music and the animated chatter that preambles the unique anticipation of a night out.

  • Still lifes are realised as illuminated cups that are left behind when the party is over. The aftermath of a... Still lifes are realised as illuminated cups that are left behind when the party is over. The aftermath of a...

    Still lifes are realised as illuminated cups that are left behind when the party is over. The aftermath of a bodily presence, rather than the tangible presence of the body itself.

  • Works

    • James Bartolacci, Looking ?, 2020
      James Bartolacci, Looking ?, 2020
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    • James Bartolacci, Seeing Red, 2020
      James Bartolacci, Seeing Red, 2020
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    • James Bartolacci, Leftovers (2), 2020
      James Bartolacci, Leftovers (2), 2020
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    • James Bartolacci, Life without Night (Gerardo), 2020
      James Bartolacci, Life without Night (Gerardo), 2020
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    • James Bartolacci, Life without Night (Trevon), 2020
      James Bartolacci, Life without Night (Trevon), 2020
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    • James Bartolacci, Life without Night (Khaled), 2020
      James Bartolacci, Life without Night (Khaled), 2020
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    • James Bartolacci, Untitled (Touch with Laser Lights), 2020
      James Bartolacci, Untitled (Touch with Laser Lights), 2020
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    • James Bartolacci, It was a Blur (2), 2020
      James Bartolacci, It was a Blur (2), 2020
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  • Please click here for James Bartolacci's CV
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