Holden Luntz Gallery - 06.09.2022

Ion Zupcu’s Études on Glass

Photography, as it is traditionally exercised, is expected to deliver what we see in front of our eyes, with its raw, truthful reality. The abstracting of photography is one of the later and less common practices of the medium. Ion Zupcu, however, is committed to making photographs that walk the knife’s edge between abstraction and figuration. His approach to the medium transcends the superficial, and explores the possibilities of light, form, and shape within the school of minimalism. Zupcu’s introduction to photography came early on in his life through his family around the age of 13. He would often conduct experiments on light with his brother, and it was through these experiments that he first saw how an image could translate itself onto paper.