carol jazzar presents

GisMo

"LimpIezas (cleansings)"

Opening reception, November 14th, 2008 7-10PM

158 NW 91 STREET, MIAMI FLORIDA 33150

performance by THE BITCHY CATS at 9:30pm

Carol Jazzar is pleased to present "Limpiezas (cleansings)", an exhibition of new contemporary photography by Miami based Art Collective, GisMo.

With steamy and immersive contemporary portraiture in Limpiezas (cleansings), GisMo draws attention to the contrast between Nature and the modern world. Envisaging the response to an abrupt absence of technology as positive and rejuvenating, the images offer seductive visions of feral humanity and transformation.

By addressing the recent boom in gadgetry and the desire to compulsively 'connect' with distain GisMo argue that as a species we are in fact disconnecting: Increasingly pent-up under electric light in concrete bunkers, and afraid, we have become disparate: not only from each other, but also from Nature.

In previous bodies of work GisMo have dealt with challenging themes of images and status within a South Floridian context. Always novel and very often taboo, bizarre scenarios that they create and the characters that enact them bear direct reference to the human condition and societal mores. Intrusive yet reflective they bring to light the crude and ironic beauty of the human animal.

Through exploring and exploiting pre-conceived notions of appearance they destabilize conditioned appreciations of beauty with those of the savage. Shot in the Everglades, in the artists' home of Florida the photographs reveal an autobiographical vernacular. While the vast majority of us lust after laptops and cell phones, GisMo crave the cleansing forces of Nature; longing for an experience so immersive that their very beings are permeated by it. Covered in mud, writhing in tropical fauna or washed down with rain, the sense of rebirth is reinforced by various garbs that denote either the process or result of their cathartic swampy renaissance.

Having graduated with Bachelors of Fine Arts in photography in 2006 from Florida International University, Jessica Gispert and Cristal Pearl Molinary (GisMo) have worked together and exhibited extensively in Miami with galleries and visiting fairs since 2005.

Opening reception, Friday, November 14th, 2008 7-10PM

Exhibit runs through January 10th, 2009

Gallery open Saturday & Sunday 1-6PM and by appointment

FOR MORE INFORMATION CAROL JAZZAR 305 490 6906 WWW.CJAZZART.COM