Opening Reception: February 23rd, 2012, 6 – 8pm

Bonni Benrubi is pleased to announce “City Stages” a solo exhibition of new work by MATTHEW PILLSBURY. This is Pillsbury’s fourth solo exhibition at the Bonni Benrubi Gallery. Expanding upon his use of the long time exposure, Pillsbury ventures beyond the interior personal space and into the public sphere where we see ourselves reflected in the ghosts of our collective experience. New York City sets the stage for Pillsbury’s examination of how we interact with a metropolis that envelopes us in a never-ending pulse of life, light and art. Pillsbury brings us to places that make up the fabric of our life and tradition here: the Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade, to renewed nostalgia and joy in the recently restored Brooklyn Bridge Park and carousel, to Toys R Us, the Stock Exchange, and even into our collective loss projected by two subtle beams of light reminding us of our greatest pain as a city. This is truly the artist’s love letter to his current home, New York City. Pillsbury is an American who was raised in France. He completed his undergraduate studies at Yale and went on to a Master’s at the School of Visual Arts, New York, where he now resides full time. Pillsbury won the prestigious HSBC Photography prize in 2007 and has been exhibited extensively across the globe.