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I am a tired yet largely contented man. Largely contented because I am cursing the volcanic belchings of that unpronounceable slice of Iceland that has kept me grounded in the USA for most of the last three days. I had been in the amazing state of New Mexico, opening an exhibition, Nick Veasey: X-ray at the Klaudia Marr Gallery in Santa Fe and I had a very enjoyable time learning about the art scene in the city which is apparently a major destination for international collectors and tourists with a passion for art.

Santa Fe is a relatively small city but it has a rich heritage in American arts and culture. The most notable artist that is associated with the city is Georgia O'Keefe and the Klaudia Marr Gallery nestles in Johnson Street right next to the Georgia O'Keefe Museum. I took some time to study the works in their natural setting and I was actually surprised with the parallels between my X-ray work and the fantastic paintings of O'Keefe. I loved her studies of plants, flowers and botanical forms; subjects which I have been exploring with my X-ray machines for years.  It was astonishing to juxtapose O'Keefe's study of an Iris with my own X-ray Solo Iris or even her painting of a Rams Head which I had paralleled in my own work several years ago. One of the most striking things about her work is the adventurous use of bold colour and as my X-rays are developed from monochrome originals I am thinking of producing some colouring experiments when it comes to applying tones in the computer. O'Keefe has definitely been an inspiration.

My thanks to Klaudia Marr for mounting a very interesting exhibit which runs until the 7th of June at 229 Johnson St, Santa Fe, NM.
 

The exhibit in Santa Fe came hot on the heels of a very exciting gallery show at Galeria Tagomago in Barcelona. I was overwhelmed by the interest in my work and I welcomed the many questions and the curiosity that the pictures seemed to generate. The launch was great and my hosts Vincenc and Valerie were generous and well-organised to a fault. I was pleasantly surprised by the number of Spanish media outlets that came to observe the exhibition and ask me questions about my work and the process behind the artworks. I ended up conducting interviews with well over a dozen journalists and publications which was excellently coordinated by Galeria Tagomago - thanks guys!

You can see that I got involved  with the mounting of the X-rays and the Mini car, which is huge looks fantastic on the wall of the gallery allowing a lot of natural light to fall on the pictures and reveal them in their full glory. The exhibition at Galeria Tagomago runs until the 12th of June.

New Exhibition - TagoMago, Barcelona

We are in the process of carefully packaging pictures for a new exhibition beginning this month at Galeria TagoMago, located in the culturally vibrant city of Barcelona. The exhibition: X-ray - Nick Veasey, runs from the 29th of April until June the 12th 2010 featuring more than 30 works created in the X-ray lab at Radar Studio and produced as stunning C-Type Diasec prints, ranging in size and subject from some fascinating studies of Orchids and Dendrobium flowers through to the notable life-size presentation of an Austin Mini, captured in spectacular detail by Nick's X-ray equipment.

The Mini image took hours of re-engineering with individual components carefully exposed to the optimum amounts of radiation, then the large number of films were painstakingly scanned and reconstructed inside a computer, straining with processing the life-size dimensions of the car. Further toil and careful crafting have yielded a mesmerising result. This is not just an image for budding mechanics or classic Mini aficionados; the observer could spend hours of careful scrutiny admiring the engineering brilliance of Alex Issigonis and his team or they could step back and admire the overarching subtlety and aesthetic wonder of a British design classic.

Galeria TagoMago, 3 Santa Teresa, 08012 Barcelona. www.tagomago.com