BALLOONS UMBRELLAS & SNOW Anthology Film Archives & Baxter Street CCNY
Matthew Placek
Exhibition Dates: September 7, 2022 - October 19, 2022
Baxter St is proud to present Balloons Umbrellas & Snow, a solo show of lens-based work by the New York-based artist Matthew Placek. Taking place concurrently at Baxter St’s gallery at 126 Baxter Street and at Anthology Film Archives, this exhibition draws from a growing archive of 35mm film photographs taken by Placek over the past three decades. Balloons Umbrellas & Snow consists of a selection of photographs from his archive installed at Baxter St, and the first public presentation of Placek’s ongoing eponymous video work on view at Anthology Film Archives. Conceived to be experienced in tandem, the multi-site exhibition continues Placek’s ongoing exploration of memory as well his commitment to capturing presence, in particular the places and people in his community and the relationships between them across time.
Balloons Umbrellas & Snow is made possible in part with support from the Rockefeller Brothers Fund.
