Gerald Slota Explained

Gerald Slota
Nationality:American
Known For:Photography and photo-based art, installation art, conceptual photo art

Gerald Slota (born 1965) is an American artist and photographer who has been widely exhibited in the United States and internationally. Slota is represented by the Ricco/Maresca Gallery in New York City[1] and the Robert Berman Gallery in Los Angeles.[2] He is known for a deconstructed style of working with his own or found photographs and drawing, cutting, and transforming the images.

His first book, Gerald Slota: Story[3] with Joyce Carole Oates and Chuck Mobley was selected as one of the New York Times "Top Ten Photo Books of 2012".[4]

Slota's works have been included in the collections of the Whitney Museum of American Art,[5] the Los Angeles County Museum of Art (LACMA),[6] the Norton Museum of Art,[7] the George Eastman Museum,[8] and as a billboard[9] with the 2018 Los Angeles Billboard Creative Show[10] and in numerous private collections. He has been commissioned to create original editorial artwork by many national and international publications including the New York Times Magazine, The New Yorker, New York Magazine, Aperture, Vice, and Stern.

Critical and academic texts

Selected solo exhibitions

2018
  • AFTER, Ricco/Maresca Gallery, New York[30]
    2013
  • STORY, Ricco/Maresca Gallery, New York[31]
  • STORY, Castell Photography, Asheville, North Carolina[32]
    2012
  • STORY, SF Camerawork, San Francisco, CA
  • HOME. SWEET. HOME., Robert Berman Gallery, Santa Monica, CA[33]
    2010
  • HOME. SWEET. HOME. Ricco/Maresca Gallery, New York[34]
  • URBANIA, Paterson Museum, Paterson, NJ
    2008
  • URBANIA, Quality Pictures and Contemporary Art, Portland, OR[35] [36]
    2007
  • FOUND,, Hasted/Hunt Gallery, New York[37]
    2006
  • FOUND, Project Space, George Eastman House, Rochester, NY[38]
    2005
  • FOUND, Langhans Galerie, Prague, CZ[39]
    2004
  • FABLE, Robert Berman Gallery, Santa Monica, CA
    2003
  • FABLE, Ricco/Maresca Gallery, New York[1]
    2000
  • GONE, Ricco/Maresca Gallery, New York
    1999
  • CRACKED, Robert Berman Gallery, Santa Monica, CA
    1998
  • SMASHED, Ricco/Maresca Gallery, New York
    1997
  • ORDINARY MADNESS, Allan P. Kirby Arts Center Gallery, Lawrenceville, NJ
    1996
  • TRUE, Ricco/Maresca Gallery, New York

    Commissioned works

    Awards and honors

    Notes and References

    1. Web site: GERALD SLOTA – Ricco Maresca Gallery. www.riccomaresca.com. 2018-04-12.
    2. Web site: Gerald Slota - Artists - Robert Berman Gallery. www.robertbermangallery.com. Apr 1, 2019.
    3. Book: Gerald Slota: Story. 978-0984303854. Oates. Joyce Carol. Slota. Gerald. 2012. SF Camerawork Publications .
    4. News: Top 10 Photo Books of 2012. The New York Times. 24 December 2012 .
    5. Web site: Whitney Museum Gerald Slota Acquisition.
    6. Web site: Los Angeles County Museum of Art Gerald Slota Acquisition.
    7. Web site: Norton Museum Gerald Slota Acquisition.
    8. Web site: George Eastman Museum Gerald Slota Acquisition.
    9. Web site: The Billboard Creative on Instagram: GeraldSlota at Western and Santa Monica Blvd. https://ghostarchive.org/iarchive/s/instagram/Bokh9WnFxt3 . 2021-12-26 . registration. Instagram. en. 2018-10-08.
    10. Web site: The Billboard Creative.
    11. Donald Kuspit on Gerald Slota. Artforum. March 2019 . 57 . 7 . en-US. 2019-03-01. Kuspit . Donald .
    12. Web site: Gerald Slota: After at Ricco/Maresca Gallery. 2019-02-11. Photograph Magazine. 2019-02-28.
    13. News: Telling Stories: The Art of Gerald Slota. The New Yorker.
    14. News: Gerald Slota's Photos Paired With Neil La Bute's Words. The New York Times. 20 October 2010 . Louie . Elaine .
    15. Because The Darkness Feeds My Soul. Aperture. 196.
    16. News: Neil Labute Follows a Cruel Art Collaboration. New York Observer.
    17. Web site: Neil LaBute tries his hand at an art show. January 9, 2012. LA Times Blogs – Culture Monster. 2018-04-12.
    18. News: Imaging Eden: How photographers shaped way we see the Everglades. palmbeachdailynews. 2018-04-12.
    19. News: Looking Beyond the Myths of the Everglades. April 2, 2015. Hyperallergic. 2018-04-12.
    20. Book: The photographer's playbook : 307 assignments and ideas. Fulford, Jason,, Halpern, Greg,, Slack, Mike. 9781597112475. First . New York. 876290443. Fulford. Jason. Halpern. Greg. 2014.
    21. Book: The unseen eye : photographs from the unconscious. Ewing, William A., Hunt, W. M. (William M.). 9781597111935. First Aperture . New York, N.Y.. 727701957. Hunt. William M.. 2011.
    22. Book: Amerika shashin no seiki : Poraroido Korekushon = American perspectives : photographs from the Polaroid Collection. 2000. Tankōsha. Ikezawa, Natsuki, 1945–, 池澤夏樹, 1945–, Tōkyō-to Shashin Bijutsukan., 東京都写真美術館.. 447301763X. Shohan. [Tokyo]. 45467808.
    23. Book: Barnett, Terry. Criticizing Photographs. 2011. 978-0073526539.
    24. Web site: In the Company of Two Vivid Imaginations - Ricco Maresca Gallery. www.riccomaresca.com. 2018-04-12.
    25. Web site: Once Upon a Time, 200 Years Later, in Pictures. Bohnacker. Siobhán. December 29, 2012. The 6th Floor Blog. 2018-04-12.
    26. News: issue 01 // staged – blowphoto magazine. blowphoto magazine. 2018-04-12.
    27. Web site: Portfolio by Gerald Slota – BOMB Magazine. bombmagazine.org. April 2007 . 2018-04-12.
    28. Web site: gerald slota: found Fotograf Magazine. fotografmagazine.cz. 2018-04-12.
    29. News: ART REVIEW; Amid Fragmentation, Hints of Narrative. Schwabsky. Barry. October 5, 1997. The New York Times. 2018-04-12. 0362-4331.
    30. Web site: https://www.riccomaresca.com/exhibitions-upcoming/ . Ricco Maresca Gallery.
    31. Web site: NOTEWORTHY WORKS: Gerald Slota in Collaboration with Neil Labute. Velazquez. Erika. November 8, 2010. NOTEWORTHY WORKS. 2018-04-12.
    32. Web site: STORY: GERALD SLOTA An Opening Reception Event. www.facebook.com. 2018-04-12.
    33. Web site: HOME.SWEET.HOME – Exhibitions – Robert Berman Gallery. www.robertbermangallery.com. 2018-04-12.
    34. Web site: Gerald Slota/Neil Labute Home.Sweet.Home Ricco Maresca Gallery. www.riccomaresca.com. 2018-04-12.
    35. Web site: Preview – The Gallery Guide – Previews – Urbania: Gerald Slota, Christopher Rose, David Isenhour. preview-art.com. 2018-04-12.
    36. News: Photography in Portland: July 2008. June 25, 2008. THAT'S A NEGATIVE. 2018-04-12.
    37. Web site: Exhibition Found - artist, news & exhibitions - photography-now.com. photography-now.com. de-DE. 2018-04-12.
    38. Web site: Exhibition Found - artist, news & exhibitions - photography-now.com. photography-now.com. de-DE. 2018-04-12.
    39. Web site: GERALD SLOTA (Langhans). www.langhans.cz. 2018-04-12.
    40. News: The Haunting of 657 Boulevard in Westfield, New Jersey . 19 November 2018 . New York Magazine.
    41. 2013. Exorcism. VICE.
    42. News: A Mistake. The New Yorker.
    43. News: The Itch. The New Yorker.
    44. News: The Bipolar Puzzle – What Does it Mean to be a Manic-Depressive Child?. Egan. Jennifer. September 12, 2008. The New York Times. 2018-04-12. 0362-4331.
    45. News: In a Eulogy, Finding a Person, Not a Patient. Jauhar. Sandeep. October 27, 2008. The New York Times. 2018-04-12. 0362-4331.
    46. News: Nurses Step Up Efforts to Protect Against Workplace Assaults. Tuller. David. July 8, 2008. The New York Times. 2018-04-12. 0362-4331.
    47. Web site: The Mother Smotherer. NYMag.com. 4 October 2007 . 2018-04-12.
    48. Web site: SPE National.

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