ANDREAS GEHRKE FORST September 2nd through October 30th, 2010 An opening reception of these works will be held on Thursday, September 2nd, from 6:00-8:30pm +Kris Graves Projects is proud to announce FORST, the first New York solo exhibition of photographer Andreas Gehrke. Curated by Kris Graves. “For that is a distinction we must always make: the forest as a massive collection of trees of all varieties is seen as a resource, not as an environment. Whereas the single or planted tree is seen by most of us as a permanent, carefully tended element of human landscape, valued as an object both of beauty and of sustainable exploitation." -J.B. Jackson In this seminal exhibition, Gehrke explores the concept of environmental transformation in various natural landscapes. Shot in locations both foreign and familiar, these haunting images of manipulated rural areas evidence the troubling repercussions of forced development and commercial exploitation in the natural world. The quiet isolation depicted in the series offers the viewer a temporary moment of peace within this rapid current of perpetual change, echoing Gehrke's continued personal quest to search for a rooted "sense of place". Andreas Gehrke was born in Berlin, Germany in 1975. Gehrke's work has been exhibited internationally. He has recently shown at PS1 and Pierogi Brooklyn, and had a solo show at Galerie Pierogi in Leipzig, Germany. He currently resides in Berlin, Germany. Andreas Gehrke’s FORST will be on view during regular gallery hours and by appointment.