Dan Asher
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Artist Statement
the ominous glacial calm
the precipice between utter glee and infinite dispair
the chill hoarfrost of familiarity and alienation
an, at once, beckoning and repulsive bleakness
as a paradigm for human, “sub”-human
and above all, humane existence
an inherent otherworldliness,
that defies comprehension
yet feels like a second on third skin
Curator Statement
Dan Asher presents nine photographs of the Antarctic and Greenland’s most majestic inhabitants—icebergs. Taken over an expanded period of travels since ’96, these photos, weirdly, would seem to allude to the delicate balance our environment faces every day, but only now take on a certain resonance because of the apparent onslaught of global warming, the Arctic oil exploration debate, and the trepidatious environmental concerns vs cowboy exploration incited by large energy conglomerates.
Given this vulnerable state, the icebergs are somehow like the redwoods—and as survivors from Prehistoric time, they each become a character in and of themselves, a face that is both ominous and gently comforting. Like much of his work, Asher finds the enigmatic through something heroic—in this case the icebergs.
