Jeff Jacobson's Melting Point at PEER Gallery in Chelsea, NY

November 16 - January 6 at PEER Gallery in Chelsea check out the opening of Jeff Jacobson's "Melting Point." Jeff's photos have been hanging in our family house in Atlanta, Georgia for as long as I can remember and its the reason why my childhood looks a lot like someone smeared garlic butter on my inner mirror. He is an absurdly talented artist with a deep appreciation for the absurd.
At the opening last Thursday, Jeff's friends, family, students and fans poured in to the PEER gallery space while the red wine poured freely amongst them. It was really a mixed crowd and a testament to the reach of Jeff's work.
In his book, he talks about the photographs being taken during a period marked on both sides by the deaths of each of his parents. "Melting Point" takes place in a space when the solid begins to soften.
If you didn't know better, you would assume that Jeff uses a lot of digital re-mastering to come up with his images, some of which can be confused for paintings. In fact, his photographs are not doctored.

Jeff is standing in the room with all of us, but his mind and his camera wander to the strange dualities that exist below the surface. Later, we look and go, "What? Oh. What?" Here's the write up from Peer Gallery:
"By capturing the ephemeral, fleeting images that elude the consciousness of most of us, Jacobson has constructed intimate visual anomalies which suggest transformation and transcendence. A dog in a New York City stairwell becomes a radiant chimera. An enormous, watchful eye hovers over the city of Shanghai at night. Apparitions appear at fairgrounds, on the streets and on the beach, as if messengers, sent to warn or comfort us. In Jacobson’s poetic images, foreboding and trepidation pave the path to hope and revelation. "


Peer Gallery is located at 526 W 26th St, 208
New York, NY (Chelsea)

-Sam