01 Gus Powell
Gus Powell, “I miss you.” From the series The Lonely Ones, 2015 ©Gus Powell
02 Gus Powell
Gus Powell, “Let’s not ruin it by talking.” From the series The Lonely Ones, 2015 ©Gus Powell
03 Gus Powell
Gus Powell, “Mistakes were made.” From the series The Lonely Ones, 2015 ©Gus Powell
04 Gus Powell
Gus, Powell, “Inquire within.” From the series The Lonely Ones, 2015 ©Gus Powell
05 Gus Powell
Gus Powell, “Flattery gets me nowhere.” From the series The Lonely Ones, 2015 ©Gus Powell
06 Gus Powell
Gus Powell, “Which way to the symposium?” From the series The Lonely Ones, 2015 ©Gus Powell
07 Gus Powell
Gus Powell, “We are here to make you happy.” From the series The Lonely Ones, 2015 ©Gus Powell
08 Gus Powell
Gus Powell, “Ungrateful bastards.” From the series The Lonely Ones, 2015 ©Gus Powell
09 Gus Powell
Gus Powell, “Yes.” From the series The Lonely Ones, 2015 ©Gus Powell

Galerie Motte Masselink / Galerie Ghezelbash

Galerie Motte Masselink
12, rue Jacob – 75006 – Paris
01 43 54 99 92
www.mottemasselink.com

Galerie David Ghezelbash
12, rue Jacob – 75006 – Paris
01 46 33 64 81
www.davidghezelbash.com

Gus Powell
The Lonely Ones
7 – 22 November

Inspired by the great cartoonist William Steig and his classic book from 1942, The Lonely Ones (which pairs Steig’s line-drawn characters with simple one-liners of dialogue), photographer Gus Powell (American, born 1974) made his own “lonely ones”—evocative color photographs of interiors and landscapes, inhabited by people, animals and inanimate characters. Lines like “Which way to the symposium?” “Let’s not ruin it by talking.” “Mistakes were made.” “This might hurt.” are paired with images of lost butterflies, a young woman beside a horse, empty bottles and men who don’t notice blimps. Gracefully moving from humor to beauty to pathos, these images and their one-liners cumulatively build into a powerful visual and emotional experience.

This exhibition coincides with the publication of The Lonely Ones by Gus Powell by J&L Books.