Exhibition dates: 2nd November – 21st December 2013
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The second tranche of images from the artist Enrico Natali demonstrate his command of visual space. Groups of people face away from the camera, then towards it (top two images), people clutch at each other or walk in opposite directions (next two images). There is the comparison of races, between abject poverty and young people dressed in fur going to the prom. There is the silence of the singular women in the office, and the (op)posed comradery of the Detroit Bolt and Nut Company workers (1968, below). Above all, there is light and shade coupled with a sensitive understanding of how human beings interact – with themselves and the camera. Newlywed couple, Detroit, 1968 (1968, below) is a case in point: the clock on the wall, the record player with single, the hand on the shoulder and the ash lengthening on the cigarette complement the presence of the couple and the wonderful look on their faces. Somehow Natali adds genuine charisma to these people, a dignity and poignancy that makes these photographs memorable.
Dr Marcus Bunyan for the Art Blart blog
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Many thankx to Joseph Bellows Gallery for allowing me to publish the photographs in the posting. Please click on the photographs for a larger version of the image.
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Enrico Natali
Ford Motor Company press conference, Detroit, 1968
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Enrico Natali
Office workers, Detroit, 1968
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Enrico Natali
Pedestrians at the corner of Jefferson Avenue and Conners, Detroit, 1968
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Enrico Natali
High school prom, Detroit, 1968
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Enrico Natali
Secretary with abstract painting, Detroit, 1968
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Enrico Natali
Detroit Bolt and Nut Company workers, Detroit, 1968
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Enrico Natali
Computer room, Detroit, 1968
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Enrico Natali
Ann Davis at home with her daughter and son, Detroit, 1968
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Enrico Natali
Couple at home with their daughter, Detroit, 1968
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Jim and Judy Yardley with their dogs, Sport and Barney, Detroit, 1968
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Enrico Natali
Pool player in an east side poolroom, Detroit, 1968
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Enrico Natali
Typesetter at work, Detroit, 1968
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Enrico Natali
Dean Turner with his parents and cat, Detroit, 1968
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Father and child at the Detroit Auto Show, Detroit, 1968
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Enrico Natali’s son, Vincenzo Natali, on the day of his birth, Detroit, 1968
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Enrico Natali
Suburban girls shopping in downtown Detroit, Detroit, 1968
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Enrico Natali
Man with injured knee at the beach smoking, Detroit, 1968
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Enrico Natali
Beauty salon client smoking, Detroit, 1968
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Gala hostess, Detroit, 1968
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Woman outside a tire factory waiting for the bus, Detroit, 1968
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Enrico Natali
Spectators at an Armed Forces Day parade, Detroit, 1968
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Enrico Natali
High school student in mini dress, Detroit, 1968
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Enrico Natali
Couple outside of an art museum, Detroit, 1968
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Woman at an art exhibition in Grosse Pointe, Detroit, 1968
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Newlywed couple, Detroit, 1968
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La Jolla, CA 92037
Tel: (858) 456-5620
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