Black Box Projects
Skip to main content
  • Menu
  • Home
  • Artists
  • Exhibitions
  • Viewing Room
  • Publications
  • News & Press
  • Contact
Cart
0 items £
Checkout

Item added to cart

View cart & checkout
Continue shopping
Menu

'The Arrival' by Liz Nielsen

Past exhibition
1 - 10 March 2019
  • Overview
  • Works
  • Installation Views
  • News
  • Press release
Overview
Liz Nielsen, Underwater Mountains, 2018
Liz Nielsen, Underwater Mountains, 2018

Twenty-five new colour photograms will go on display in the first UK solo exhibition by contemporary artist Liz Nielsen. 

 

Unlike her previous work which was made In her studio in Brooklyn, the works in ‘The Arrival’ were made during the summer of 2018 in the California hills where she drew inspiration from watching the same view change with the light, thus creating almost a completely new image. For the first time in her practice, Nielsen has re-used her ‘negatives’ with different exposures and layouts to create works which have a dialogue with each other yet remain distinct.

 

10 Hanover Street, London W1S 1YG

Open daily:

Monday - Friday 10am - 6pm

Saturday and Sunday 11am-4pm

Download Press Release
Works
  • Liz Nielsen, Cocktail Portal, 2018
    Liz Nielsen, Cocktail Portal, 2018
    View Detail Page
    Liz Nielsen
    Cocktail Portal, 2018
    Signed, titled and dated on artist's label
    Analogue Chromogenic Photogram on Fujiflex, Unique
    71.5 x 45.7 cm
    28 1/8 x 18 in
  • Liz Nielsen, Cool Mountain Path, 2018
    Liz Nielsen, Cool Mountain Path, 2018
    View Detail Page
    Liz Nielsen
    Cool Mountain Path, 2018
    Signed, titled and dated on artist's label
    Analogue Chromogenic Photogram on Fujiflex, Unique
    105.5 x 75.9 cm
    42 1/2 x 30 in
  • Liz Nielsen, Underwater Mountains, 2018
    Liz Nielsen, Underwater Mountains, 2018
    View Detail Page
    Liz Nielsen
    Underwater Mountains, 2018
    Signed, titled and dated on artist's label
    Analogue Chromogenic Photogram on Fujiflex, Unique
    126.8 x 200 cm
    49 7/8 x 78 3/4 in
  • Liz Nielsen, Cool Stones, 2018
    Liz Nielsen, Cool Stones, 2018
    View Detail Page
    Liz Nielsen
    Cool Stones, 2018
    Signed, titled and dated on artist's label
    Analogue Chromogenic Photogram on Fujiflex, Unique
    75.9 x 112.4 cm
    29 7/8 x 44 1/4 in
  • Liz Nielsen, Cosmic Portal II, 2018
    Liz Nielsen, Cosmic Portal II, 2018
    View Detail Page
    Liz Nielsen
    Cosmic Portal II, 2018
    Signed, titled and dated on artist's label
    Analogue Chromogenic Photogram on Fujiflex, Unique
    103.9 x 75.8 cm
    40 7/8 x 29 7/8 in
  • Liz Nielsen, Cliff Dwellers, 2018
    Liz Nielsen, Cliff Dwellers, 2018
    View Detail Page
    Liz Nielsen
    Cliff Dwellers, 2018
    Signed, titled and dated on artist's label
    Analogue Chromogenic Photogram on Fujiflex, Unique
    58 x 44.9 cm
    22 7/8 x 17 5/8 in
  • Liz Nielsen, Cosmic Stone Stack, 2018
    Liz Nielsen, Cosmic Stone Stack, 2018
    View Detail Page
    Liz Nielsen
    Cosmic Stone Stack, 2018
    Signed, titled and dated on artist's label
    Analogue Chromogenic Photogram on Fujiflex, Unique
    184.2 x 127 cm
    72 1/2 x 50 in
  • Liz Nielsen, Day at the Lake,, 2018
    Liz Nielsen, Day at the Lake,, 2018
    View Detail Page
    Liz Nielsen
    Day at the Lake,, 2018
    Signed, titled and dated on artist's label
    Analogue Chromogenic Photogram on Fujiflex, Unique
    52.3 x 75.9 cm
    20 5/8 x 29 7/8 in
  • Liz Nielsen, Day at the Park, 2018
    Liz Nielsen, Day at the Park, 2018
    View Detail Page
    Liz Nielsen
    Day at the Park, 2018
    Signed, titled and dated on artist's label
    Analogue Chromogenic Photogram on Fujiflex, Unique
    58 x 44.9 cm
    18 x 23 in
  • Liz Nielsen, Fortune Teller II, 2018
    Liz Nielsen, Fortune Teller II, 2018
    View Detail Page
    Liz Nielsen
    Fortune Teller II, 2018
    Signed, titled and dated on artist's label
    Analogue Chromogenic Photogram on Fujiflex, Unique
    127 x 154.9 cm
    50 x 61 in
  • Liz Nielsen, Golden Vortex, 2018
    Liz Nielsen, Golden Vortex, 2018
    View Detail Page
    Liz Nielsen
    Golden Vortex, 2018
    Signed, titled and dated on artist's label
    Analogue Chromogenic Photogram on Fujiflex, Unique
    75.9 x 58.8 cm
    29 7/8 x 23 1/8 in
  • Liz Nielsen, Hotstone Stack, 2018
    Liz Nielsen, Hotstone Stack, 2018
    View Detail Page
    Liz Nielsen
    Hotstone Stack, 2018
    Signed, titled and dated on artist's label
    Analogue Chromogenic Photogram on Fujiflex, Unique
    228.6 x 127 cm
    90 x 50 in
  • Liz Nielsen, Land Shapes, 2018
    Liz Nielsen, Land Shapes, 2018
    View Detail Page
    Liz Nielsen
    Land Shapes, 2018
    Signed, titled and dated on artist's label
    Analogue Chromogenic Photogram on Fujiflex, Unique
    50 x 75.9 cm
    23 1/4 x 29 7/8 in
  • Liz Nielsen, Liquid Stone Stack, 2018
    Liz Nielsen, Liquid Stone Stack, 2018
    View Detail Page
    Liz Nielsen
    Liquid Stone Stack, 2018
    Signed, titled and dated on artist's label
    Analogue Chromogenic Photogram on Fujiflex, Unique
    185.4 x 127 cm
    73 x 50 in
  • Liz Nielsen, Mirror Stones, 2018
    Liz Nielsen, Mirror Stones, 2018
    View Detail Page
    Liz Nielsen
    Mirror Stones, 2018
    Signed, titled and dated on artist's label
    Analogue Chromogenic Photogram on Fujiflex, Unique
    75.9 x 52.9 cm
    29 7/8 x 20 7/8 in
  • Liz Nielsen, Mountain Jewels, 2018
    Liz Nielsen, Mountain Jewels, 2018
    View Detail Page
    Liz Nielsen
    Mountain Jewels, 2018
    Signed, titled and dated on artist's label
    Analogue Chromogenic Photogram on Fujiflex, Unique
    249 x 122.4 cm
    98 1/8 x 48 1/4 in
  • Liz Nielsen, Raspberry Portal, 2018
    Liz Nielsen, Raspberry Portal, 2018
    View Detail Page
    Liz Nielsen
    Raspberry Portal, 2018
    Signed, titled and dated on artist's label
    Analogue Chromogenic Photogram on Fujiflex, Unique
    75.5 x 48.8 cm
    29 3/4 x 19 1/4 in
  • Liz Nielsen, Sun Hills, 2018
    Liz Nielsen, Sun Hills, 2018
    View Detail Page
    Liz Nielsen
    Sun Hills, 2018
    Signed, titled and dated on artist's label
    Analogue Chromogenic Photogram on Fujiflex, Unique
    127 x 172.7 cm
    50 x 68 in
  • Liz Nielsen, The Arrival, 2018
    Liz Nielsen, The Arrival, 2018
    View Detail Page
    Liz Nielsen
    The Arrival, 2018
    Signed, titled and dated on artist's label
    Analogue Chromogenic Photogram on Fujiflex, Unique
    54.5 x 75.9 cm
    21 1/2 x 29 7/8 in
  • Liz Nielsen, Warm Stones, 2018
    Liz Nielsen, Warm Stones, 2018
    View Detail Page
    Liz Nielsen
    Warm Stones, 2018
    Signed, titled and dated on artist's label
    Analogue Chromogenic Photogram on Fujiflex, Unique
    75.9 x 113 cm
    29 7/8 x 44 1/2 in
  • Liz Nielsen, Water Stones, 2018
    Liz Nielsen, Water Stones, 2018
    View Detail Page
    Liz Nielsen
    Water Stones, 2018
    Signed, titled and dated on artist's label
    Analogue Chromogenic Photogram on Fujiflex, Unique
    50 x 74.3 cm
    19 3/4 x 29 1/4 in
  • Liz Nielsen, Being with you,, 2018
    Liz Nielsen, Being with you,, 2018
    View Detail Page
    Liz Nielsen
    Being with you,, 2018
    Signed, titled and dated on artist's label
    Analogue Chromogenic Photogram on Fujiflex, Unique
    50 x 75.9 cm
    19 3/4 x 29 7/8 in
Close
Installation Views
  • 00174
  • 00176
  • 00178
  • 00181
  • 00182
  • 00185
  • 00191
Close
News
  • Fujifilm & Unseen Present: Liz Nielsen

    Fujifilm & Unseen Present: Liz Nielsen

    Read more
  • PRESS: Photo Fairs

    PRESS: Photo Fairs

    IN FOCUS: Interview with Brooklyn based artist Liz Nielsen Read more
  • Family Day | Photogram Workshop

    Family Day | Photogram Workshop

    Saturday 2 March 11am-1pm Read more
  • PRESS: Shutter Hub

    PRESS: Shutter Hub

    Read more
Press release

Twenty-five new colour photograms will go on display in the first UK solo exhibition by contemporary artist Liz Nielsen. 

 

Nielsen's work is a contemporary application of one of the best-known avant-garde photographic processes - the photogram - which was first mastered by Man Ray and Maholy-Nagy at the beginning of the twentieth century.Each unique image is created without a camera by placing objects directly onto photographic paper and exposing them to light. 

 

Nielsen started her career as a painter and is a colourist at heart. She calls her work 'painting with light' which refers to the performative nature of its creation. Nielsen replaces the traditional negative with a handmade matrix, built with multiple layers, found light sourcesand harnessing different wavelengths of the colour spectrum to create rich hues. Creating these pieces can take up to 12 hours per session and up to 100 exposures. The paper she uses is negative rather than positive, reversing the colours and often creating surprising new combinations. 

 

Unlike her previous work which was made in her studio in Brooklyn, the works in 'The Arrival' were made during the summer of 2018 in the California hills where shedrew inspiration from watching the same view change with the light, thus creating almost a completely new image. For the first time in her practice, Nielsen has re-used her 'negatives' with different exposures and layouts to create works which have a dialogue with each other yet remain distinct.

 

"In this work, I wanted to achieve transcendence through abstraction. I was searching for anomalies: objects with superpowers or landscape hotspots with vortexes. I looked for shapes and symbols, for mathematical connections that give order to disorder. The images are compositions of these collected shapes, placed strategically in alignment with the cosmos, with the intention of opening channels for quantum vision, creative breakthroughs, or places for collective consciousness to emerge."

 

Liz Nielsen was born in Wisconsin in 1975 and lives and works in New York City. She graduated with a BA in Philosophy and Spanish from Seattle University, a M.F.A. in Photography at the University of Illinois at Chicago and a B.F.A from the School of the Art Institute of Chicago. In 2018 Nielsen had exhibitions at Danziger Gallery in New York and SOCO Gallery in Charlotte, North Carolina as well as a collaboration with designer Paul Smith in London. She also has work in the J.P. Morgan Chase collection.

 

Private View: Thursday 28 February 6:30 - 8:30pm 

Artist introduction at 7pm

RSVP: info@blackboxprojects.art

 

Exhibition: 1 - 10 March

10 Hanover Street, Mayfair, London, W1S 1YQ

 

Opening times:

10am - 6pm Monday - Friday

11am - 4pm Saturday and Sunday

Download Press Release

Related artist

  • Liz Nielsen

    Liz Nielsen

Back to exhibitions
Manage cookies
Copyright © 2023 Black Box Projects
Site by Artlogic
Send an email
Instagram, opens in a new tab.
Twitter, opens in a new tab.
View on Google Maps
Join the mailing list

This website uses cookies
This site uses cookies to help make it more useful to you. Please contact us to find out more about our Cookie Policy.

Manage cookies
Accept

Cookie preferences

Check the boxes for the cookie categories you allow our site to use

Cookie options
Required for the website to function and cannot be disabled.
Improve your experience on the website by storing choices you make about how it should function.
Allow us to collect anonymous usage data in order to improve the experience on our website.
Allow us to identify our visitors so that we can offer personalised, targeted marketing.
Save preferences
Close

Join our mailing list

Interests *

Signup

* denotes required fields

We will process the personal data you have supplied in accordance with our privacy policy (available on request). You can unsubscribe or change your preferences at any time by clicking the link in our emails.