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.”
Wonderful and moving!
Posted by: kathy Love | April 08, 2006 at 08:00 PM
Nick fevelo's work is above the crowd. 'Lobster Liberation' is ready for prime time.
Posted by: G to the V | April 13, 2006 at 08:00 PM
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.
Posted by: Nora | June 11, 2006 at 08:00 PM
Nick Fevs is amazing. Liberate them!!
Posted by: Dominick | April 25, 2007 at 08:00 PM