GAYLETTER

If you are young and don’t know who Ryan McGinley is, then I don’t know what to tell you. This man has been popular forever, I learned about his work years ago going to one of his exhibitions, waiting in line for hours to see photos of thin naked boys. The exhibition is closing this week and this is your last chance to check it out. Team (gallery. inc.) is showing in their New York gallery, and in the LA one simultaneously, two different shows. Both of the shows are closing on the same day (January 10th). The one in NYC, which is the one that I am gonna tell you more about, it’s titled Winter. The photography show exhibits nude subjects in frozen landscapes, “There is virtually no photographic or cinematic precedent for these works: to capture naked bodies in such extreme conditions took profound measures of precaution, audacity and sacrifice on the part of all involved. The artist and his team invented and improvised manifold contrivances, employing the likes of ice-fishing tents, propane tanks and rock-climbing gear, in order to enable the production of these images.” It’s really cool, you get the familiar natural nude subjects common in McGingley’s work but in this case they are nude in nature, it’s surreal and wonderful.

FREE, 10:00AM-6:00PM, TEAM GALLERY, 83 Grand Street, NY, NY.