Boîte Noire Gallery is presenting the solo exhibition of Michael Flomen’s photography. Flomen makes some of the largest photograms in the world today. These large scale photographs will be presented for the first time in Los Angeles during the gallery’s exhibition, Wild Nights.
Michael Flomen is an artist who has been experimenting with photography since the late 1960s. For two decades, Flomen worked in the “decisive moment” style of street photography. By the early 1990s, he started using large format cameras to photograph the landscape, especially rural snow fields of his native Montreal. In 1999, Flomen began using camera-less techniques as a means of making pictures with nature in creating photograms directly outdoors in the countryside.
Working in all four seasons, Flomen exposes black and white photographic paper and large format film to various light sources, including the moon, fire flies, or a handheld flash. Natural elements like snow, rain, water, and wind are the materials used for his picture-making.
The exhibition will also feature two films. Gaze (2013) and Under the Cover of Darkness (2008).
April 23-July 18; Private opening reception: Wednesday, April 23, 5:30-8 pm; Boîte Noire Gallery, Pacific Design Center, 8687 Melrose Ave., Space B222, West Hollywood, CA 90069; 323.217.2237
