Simen Johan for Yossi Milo Gallery

Conspiracy of Ravens

October 24 – December 7, 2019

One of our largest framing jobs yet! Measuring over 90 inches tall by 125 inches wide in a custom ash frame handmade here at Griffin, Simen Johan’s image of grizzly bears ransacking a pelican’s nest is now on view at Yossi Milo Gallery in Chelsea.

From Yossi Milo Gallery: “Simen Johan originally drew attention in the early 90s by merging digital manipulation with traditional darkroom techniques. Since then, he has developed a hybrid form of image-making, integrating candidly-photographed animals and landscapes with modest studio and location setups. The artist travels near and far to photograph his source material, finding inspiration anywhere from the local zoo to the jungles of Costa Rica or the rainforests of the Pacific Northwest. Countless hours are then spent assembling disparate images into a unifying whole as he edits, composes and populates each mise-en-scène. The resulting photographs often lack a sense of place which, for Johan – who was born in Norway, raised in Sweden, moved to New York City at age 19, and whose notion of cultural belonging is always in flux – somehow feels like home.”

Photo credits:

Simen Johan

Untitled #200, 2019

Digital C-Print

© Simen Johan Courtesy of Yossi Milo Gallery, New York

For Installation view:

Post by Dylan Beckman