Nicholas Fevelo | Lobster Liberation
Nicholas Fevelo Lobster Liberation
A very nice young man came into the gallery on Friday. His name is Nicholas Fevelo and he also happens to be an aspiring photographer AND Jen’s Mentee for the SVA Mentoring program. We had the chance to look at his senior thesis projects entitled Lobster Liberation and Gifts: Responses to Found Flowers.
Nick, who hails from Staten Island, based his photography around the idea of gift giving. I really wish you could have seen the movie he put together documenting his attempt to give away flowers (yes, that’s right, free flowers) to people on the street. It’s amazing how genuinely surprised New Yorkers can be to random acts of kindness.
Nick writes in his statement: “in a tradition of art as a gift, this work employs flowers, seeds and lobsters to question the motivations behind the nature of gift giving. The photographs document interventions while blending photography, sculpture and performance calling attention to photography’s relationship to the former two.”
We asked Nick to send us some images so that readers of the jen bekman blog could see all his hard work. Lobster Liberation is a photographic narrative which Nick describes as “a reminder that freedom comes in many capacities. “ In Liberation he plays “fate changer” and pokes fun at conceptual art practice by “returning two lobsters to the sea by moonlight.”
April 9th, 2006 at 2:39 am
Wonderful and moving!
April 14th, 2006 at 9:43 am
Nick fevelo’s work is above the crowd. ‘Lobster Liberation’ is ready for prime time.
April 19th, 2006 at 10:39 am
[...] “Mentors” is a show for the 56 SVA students who participated in “a year-long mentorship with leaders in the visual arts.” Students were paired with the city’s “best-known photographers, curators, art directors, publishers, art dealers, critics and writers” to learn how to gain a wider audience for their work. Ms. Jen Bekman is actually a mentor herself; her prodigy is Nicholas Fevelo. [...]
April 23rd, 2006 at 4:34 pm
[...] As mentioned a few weeks back, Jen has been acting as a mentor for the SVA Mentors program in its photography department. We posted some work by Jen’s mentee Nicholas Fevelo, BUT I failed to tell you more about the program and where you can see the work in person! [...]
June 12th, 2006 at 11:07 am
How can you not love that shot of lobsters heading towards the water..my question is, how filthy is that water and will they survive! I love the poke at “conceptual art practice”. Hilarious and brilliant.
April 25th, 2007 at 11:57 pm
Nick Fevs is amazing. Liberate them!!