NEW YORK, NY.- Janet Borden, Inc. is presenting Neil Winokur's Nature, a wonderful new exhibition for spring. Winokur, who is known for his deadpan studies of objects, humans, and dogs, took his camera outdoors to document the flora and fauna of his new suburban neighborhood. Being Neil Winokur, he then went indoors and photographed other more clearly representative objects. Although free of irony, a playfulness is evinced in all Winokur’s work.

Winokur’s signature style of isolating objects against vibrant colors makes each object a representative of its genus. A rock against a pink background is somehow more emblematic of “rockiness” than when it is on the ground. The squirrel which is outdoors looks like it is a studio diorama. Is the cat any less natural for being indoors? Each item is posing in Winokur’s inimitable system. Green and blue predominate the palette, though he sneaks I some hot pink, orange, and purple to elevate the installation.

Each 5x7”print bursts with hyper-saturated color. While the objects chosen are of an elementary nature, together they present a comprehensive portrait of spring. Winokur’s signature style, of isolating objects against vibrant colors, elevates each humble item to celebrity status.

The next level of intervention from Winokur is that some of the items are not real. The birds are fake, the next is fake. But all are here representing Neil Winokkur’s nature.

Neil Winokur (American, b. 1945)
Neil Winokur’s work is currently included in most major museums, including the Museum of Modern Art, New York; The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York; The Museum of Modern Art, Houston; The Jewish Museum; The Denver Art Museum; The Los Angeles County Museum of Art; and others. His monograph, Everyday Objects, was published by the Smithsonian Institution. A three-volume monograph, Neil Winokur: Portraits, Objects, Dogs was recently published by Matte Editions.