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Concentrations 44: Matthew Buckingham, “A Man of the Crowd”

Through June 20, 2004, Contemporary Art Galleries

The latest exhibition in the Concentrations series featuring emerging artists is a 16-mm film installation by Matthew Buckingham. Based on a short story by Edgar Allen Poe, A Man of the Crowd is a simple, elegant, yet mesmerizing installation that combines art, sculpture, and architecture in an innovative format. A freestanding two-way mirror in the center of the gallery references both the cafe and the urban street visible in the film and allows for two symmetrical projections, one on the wall opposite the projector and one in front of it. The mirror also reflects the viewer’s own image while it frames other spectators moving in the space. Engaging on many levels, A Man of the Crowd is about the search for knowledge, the unknowable, and existential loss.

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Image:
Matthew Buckingham, A Man of the Crowd, 2003, production still, © 2003 Matthew Buckingham, courtesy of the artist and Murray Guy, New York

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