Photographs of Susan Wides On Display at Madelyn Jordon Fine Art

The first solo exhibition of the highly regarded New York artist Susan Wides is on display at Madelyn Jordon Fine Art on Chase Road in Scarsdale. Everyone is encouraged to stop in to see the show and the public is invited to an opening reception on Tuesday, June 21 from 6-8 pm, where you can meet the photographer and discuss her work.

On display are Wides photographs that picture well-known New York landscapes and iconic venues as seen through her unique lens. Wides actually uses an old fashioned 4 x 5 view camera to create her work – the kind of camera the first photographers used to shoot portraits and landscapes. To create her images she shifts the focal plane using her signature “tilt-shift” style to offer fresh perspectives on city and country environments.

The work at the gallery is taken from four of the artist’s series – all in local settings. In the Kaaterskill series, Wides returns to the sites painted by the Hudson River School artists and shows the transformation of the landscape in the 150 years since these paintings were created.

In the Mannahatta series, Wides explores New York City and swoops into Union Square, Madison Avenue and Central Park’s Sheep Meadow. The large scale, 3 x 4 foot photographs give the viewer a tour of spaces for the public and the privileged in works that are both recognizable and disorienting.

Susan Wides’ work is also currently on display at the Hudson River Museum in Yonkers where her show, Susan Wides: Hudson Valley, Mannahatta to Kaaterskill can be seen until September 11. That show also includes photographs of Westchester County, picturing a verdant but troubled landscape.

Works from both the gallery and the museum are available at Madelyn Jordon Fine Art.

Susan Wides divides her time between New York City and Catskill, NY, exploring the character, drama and environment of both places. Raised in Cincinnati, she comes from a long line of woman artists. Her work is included in numerous collections including the International Center for Photography, the Brooklyn Museum, the Norton Museum of Art and the Art Museum of Princeton University.

Take a look at her work in the photo gallery below and stop in at Madelyn Jordon Fine Art in Scarsdale Village to view the artwork.

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Madelyn Jordon Fine Art
14 Chase Road
Scarsdale N.Y. 10583
www.madelynjordonfineart.com
914-723-2179
Gallery Hours: Tuesday – Saturday 10:30 am – 5:30 pm
Opening Reception: Tuesday June 21, from 6 pm – 8 pm