mo·men·tum mōˈmen(t)om [noun] the strength or force that allows something to continue or grow stronger or faster as time passes.
Founded in 2017 by Vincent Milner, Momentum is a contemporary fine art gallery dealing exclusively in fine art photography. Based in Miami Florida the gallery represents mid-career and emerging fine art photographers from around the globe. Momentum curates and produces exhibitions in both galleries and international art fairs in London, Los Angeles, Miami, Stockholm, Mexico City, New York, and Hong Kong.
With a growing list of international artists representing several continents, these artists embody a vast and varied range of contemporary styles of photography, engaging the genres of cinematic narrative, landscape, documentary, and portraiture while drawing from conceptual themes and abstraction. Their respective work explores contemporary expressions of photography as an artistic technique.
"Something happens; It's a fleeting part of a second. It's up the photographer to capture that on film. Because once it's gone, it's like a dying day. It will never come back- Weegee
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Out into the cold world
Ole Marius Joergensen Jan 16th- Feb 13th 2020Momentum in conjuction with the Color House presents " Out into the Cold World" an exhibtion by Ole Marius Joergensen.Ole Marius is an artist with a background in film and is best known for his meticulously staged cinematic photographs.With the use of theatrical light and vivid color juxtapositions, Ole Marius’ work emphasizes the mystery and duality of rural life in the modern world.
Ole Marius’s work has been exhibited widely in the United States, Asia, and Europe. His work can be found in private collections in Hong Kong, Los Angeles, Oslo, New York, Madrid and Berlin. He is currently working on a book to be published in 2020.
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Artwork of the Month
Ole Marius Joergensen: Elevator music from Out into the cold world, 2019 Archival pigment print 49” x 35” in Edition 1 of 3 + 2AP $5000 -
SPACE PROJECT
MIAMI FL MOMENTUM @THE COLOR HOUSE 19 December 2019 - 16 January 2020Fournier is a world-renowned fine art photographer based in Paris, France. His work can be found in the permanent collections of the Metropolitan Museum New York, LVMH Foundation Paris, Centre Pompidou Paris, and the Mori Art Museum Tokyo.
Produced over a period of a decade from 2007-2017, Fournier documents the past and future of space exploration, from the memories of the Apollo program that followed the first steps of man on the moon, to the future NASA SLS rocket destined for Mars. The photos are a deliberate mix of historical and documentarian vision of space adventure with scenes staged by cinema, and Fournier’s childhood memories as well as a journey into our future.
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PULSE ART FAIR MIAMI BEACH DEC 5TH-8TH 2019
MOMENTUM BOOTH #512 5 - 8 December 2019Momentum at Pulse art fair (#booth 502) Miami beach Dec 5th-8th 2019. Featuring the work of Vincent Fournier and Ole Marius Joergensen.
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Artwork of the month
The Brave one from No Superhero by Ole Marius JoergensenIn 2014 he debuted his first major series “No Superhero,” an ode to one of his childhood heroes, and a playful series with dark undertones. Ole Marius views Superman as a metaphor for taking risks and the worry of failure. Each scene is depicted through a lens that captures childhood nostalgia with the hero as an ordinary man.
The brave one from No Superhero Artist proof #1 available. Please contact gallery for more information.
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New Photo books from Formento + Formento
Contact the gallery for purchase"36" The book36 “The captivating tableaus exude a sense of tension, melancholy, and a quiet unease. Each image from Japan Diaries exists as if it were a still taken from a noir Japanese film, each solitary figure yearning for something unknown.” Glenn O’Brien wrote of the Formento’s series Japan Diaries."Hysteria" The bookHYSTERIA Images dealing with beauty and upheaval, brutality and optimism. Post World War II, a time when it seemed as if America was at the height of its power and also on the verge of spinning out of control. Issues in a world we still know and contend with today."Circumstance" The bookCIRCUMSTANCE CIRCUMSTANCE 2008-2010 These stirring, unapologetic photographs bring forward the legacy of change, economic depression and transience which has haunted America’s history. Places and characters in today’s settings as if searching for their own meaning a new definition of place, which still tips its hat in homage to the grit and dirt in which today’s America springs.
