Javier Lopez Rotella is an Argentinean photographer currently residing in Astoria, New York. His sepia toned photographs show groupings of figures
in various stages of interaction, oftentimes combined with layers of handwriting and applied sketches or line work. The photographs are adhered to
canvas and textured with paint and additional materials. The works in this exhibit come from his Enclosed Beings series, which examines humans
who live on the “limits of uncertainty, defined by the social order and the assumptions that are the foundation of this order.” Lopez-Rotella explains:
“Here, the image gives us a limited report on pure beings who suffer anguish and pain of the worst of modernity: the emptiness.” He records
“extraordinary events that flower only once, acquire a transitory existence that never repeats.” The work is full of self-awareness and realization. His
beings beg us to stop merely surviving and “begin life, leaving behind the fear that paralyzes us.”