FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
February 2024
Hiding in Plain Sight: A group exhibition with Daniel Sackheim, Preston Douglas, in partnership with Iconic Images Gallery at The Desmond Tower during Frieze Los Angeles
Undercover Muscles, Daniel Sackheim
Los Angeles – Wienholt Projects is pleased to present Hiding in Plain Sight, a group exhibition featuring photographic and multimedia works by artists Daniel Sackheim, Preston Douglas, and selections from Iconic Images Gallery artists, including Greg Brennon. The exhibition is on view February 28 – April 26, 2024, with an opening reception on February 28, from 7:00 – 10:00 PM.
The works exhibited in Hiding in Plain Sight present aspects of each artist’s practice that underscore their overall examinations of contemporary culture through the interlinked realms of photography and fashion. Each artist utilizes the tools and materials of these industries that often intentionally distort aspects of reality to instead reveal that not everything is as it seems on the surface.
Sackheim, photographing unstaged landscapes of urban life, employs noir sensibilities informed by his film and television background to emphasize the enigmatic nature of his subjects. Douglas’s mixed media zipper paintings made with fashion fabric examine the impact of corporatocracy in our lives through abstracted corporate logos. And Greg Brennon’s work featuring “history-writers and world-shakers at their most candid” highlights the duality of the public perception and unknown private lives of his subjects, encapsulated in his exhibiting photograph of supermodel Kate Moss, courtesy of Iconic Images Gallery.
(Left) Preston Douglas, Desire Frequency, 2023, Dye sublimated charmeuse, zippers, and custom zipper pulls on custom aluminum stretcher, 72 x 72 inches. (Right) Kate Moss, Greg Brennan, courtesy Iconic Images
Details
Hiding in Plain Sight
Opening Reception: February 28, 2024, 7:00 – 10:00 PM
On view: February 28 – April 26, 2024
Opening hours: Thursday – Friday, 12 PM – 7 PM, Saturday, 2 PM – 8 PM
Location: 5500 Wilshire Blvd, Suite 150, Los Angeles, CA 90036
About Wienholt Projects
Aubrie Wienholt founded Wienholt Projects in 2023, following a 10+ year history of working with artists, galleries, museums, and other institutions. Wienholt Projects is committed to producing nontraditional exhibitions of works that interrogate and forward the field of art. Drawing from the experience of working with artists in an alternative capacity through PR for Artists, Wienholt’s creative agency and art house founded in 2015, Wienholt Projects is grounded in a unique understanding of artists’ holistic roles in society.
Website: www.wienholtprojects.com
Instagram: @wienholtprojects
About Preston Douglas
Preston Douglas (b.1995) is a multidisciplinary artist who works between painting, fashion, and performance, whose work considers how these forms can create spiritual, nonreligious, atmospheres of faith for collective unity. His paintings are both remnants of performances and starting points for installations, addressing how surfaces can allude to both beauty and darkness through examining contemporary cultural conviction.
Website: www.prestondouglas.us
Instagram: @culturebitch
About Daniel Sackheim
Daniel Sackheim is a photographer, Emmy Award-winning film and television director and producer living and working in Los Angeles. As a director, Sackheim is best known for his work on multiple highly acclaimed television series such as HBO’s True Detective, Game of Thrones, Jack Ryan, and The Americans.
A partial list of Sackheim’s directorial credits includes M. Night Shyamalan’s Servant, Better Call Saul, Jack Ryan, The Leftovers, Man in the High Castle, The Walking Dead and HBO’s Lovecraft Country. In 2020, Sackheim co-founded Bedrock Entertainment (a label of ITV America) where he serves as Co-CEO and Producer. As a Los Angeles-based television production company, Bedrock develops and produces prestige content for streamers and premium cable platforms.
In addition to his prolific career in film and television, Sackheim is an accomplished photographer. His photography explores the enigmatic nature of urban landscapes, capturing the hidden stories and emotions that reside within the shadows of bustling city streets. He has had numerous solo and group exhibitions, including notable showcases at the SE Center for Photography in Greenville, SC, and Soho Photo Gallery in New York, NY. His work has received prestigious awards such as the Eyeshot Magazine International Open Call and Photolucida’s Critical Mass.
Website: www.danielsackheim.com
Instagram: @daniel.sackheim
Twitter: @DanSackheim
