Sperone Westwater is pleased to present Halcyon Days, an exhibition featuring photographs by Peter Schlesinger and ceramics by Bertozzi & Casoni.
Peter Schlesinger’s images function as both personal diary and cultural document, recording interiors, destinations, and moments shared with creative luminaries from Schlesinger’s artistic circle. His lens reveals fleeting social encounters, domestic rituals, spaces just vacated, and the quiet afterglow of conversations, celebrations and long summer afternoons.
Alongside Schlesinger's photographs are ceramics by Bertozzi & Casoni which fuse hyperrealism with surreal humor. Luxury handbags are left ajar, revealing the secret lives of their unseen owners: sunglasses, cigarettes, pill bottles, a miniature Brancusi bust. Nearby, trays littered with eggshells, flatware, half-eaten chocolates and empty espresso cups evoke the aftermath of indulgence and revelry.
