THE COLLECTIVE: Face It (Portraits/Self-Portraits)
July 10th, 2021 - August 7th, 2021
DIRECTOR'S STATEMENT:
To Make a Portrait is Not a Frivolous Endeavor.
An artist’s goal when making a portrait is fundamentally to tell a story. Often, a photographer seeks to reveal some objective truth of the person that stands before the camera. Just as often (and sometimes simultaneously) emotions enter the equation and a fiction is created. As a photographer and subject hover between objectivity and subjectivity, a collaboration is formed. In the resulting portrait, can we recognize how much of the image is the person who is photographed and how much of it is the photographer? Is it truth or fiction? In the end, it left to the viewer to interpret and resolve the question.
A Self-Portrait is Separate and Distinct.
This is a supremely personal action between between cold, unaware device and flesh and heart. The artist’s decision in a self portrait is whether or not to reveal their own truth and how to accomplish this. The process is not an easy one and begets emotions that are often difficult to manage. It can be an unsteady adventure of discovery. It can be sheer terror. The resulting persona that the viewer experiences is completely and wholly the photographer’s choice.
As you look at the photographs in this exhibition of Portraits and Self-Portraits, consider what the artist is saying with their images. Are they speaking truth or creating fiction? And what is your reaction?
Donna Cosentino - Director
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Please contact Donna Cosentino for private tours.
Gallery hours are Friday and Saturday, 11am-5pm OR you may make an appointment to view our exhibitions.
+Gallery visits for individuals or classes are also available by appointment.
+There is no charge to visit and there is free parking in front and behind the gallery space.
ALWAYS ON VIEW ARE WORKS BY OUR COLLECTIVE OF FIFTEEN PHOTOGRAPHERS.
OUR COLLECTIVE IS:
TERRY SCOTT ALLEN ï ROBERT BARRY ï BARBARA BECK ï GRANT BRITTAIN ï JOHN CLARKïDONNA COSENTINO ï STEPHEN DAVIS ï CARLA De DOMINICIS ï DEB HELLMAN ï JODIE HULDEN ï EMILY KIM ï WAYNE SWANSON ï TOM VANCISIN ï KEIKO YAMASAKI ï BOB YOUNGER
Past Members: ANDREA MATTHIES ï BRANDY SEBASTIAN ï BOB AND SUSAN HILL
CLICK ON IMAGES TO VIEW INDIVIDUAL IMAGE GALLERY
July 10th, 2021 - August 7th, 2021
DIRECTOR'S STATEMENT:
To Make a Portrait is Not a Frivolous Endeavor.
An artist’s goal when making a portrait is fundamentally to tell a story. Often, a photographer seeks to reveal some objective truth of the person that stands before the camera. Just as often (and sometimes simultaneously) emotions enter the equation and a fiction is created. As a photographer and subject hover between objectivity and subjectivity, a collaboration is formed. In the resulting portrait, can we recognize how much of the image is the person who is photographed and how much of it is the photographer? Is it truth or fiction? In the end, it left to the viewer to interpret and resolve the question.
A Self-Portrait is Separate and Distinct.
This is a supremely personal action between between cold, unaware device and flesh and heart. The artist’s decision in a self portrait is whether or not to reveal their own truth and how to accomplish this. The process is not an easy one and begets emotions that are often difficult to manage. It can be an unsteady adventure of discovery. It can be sheer terror. The resulting persona that the viewer experiences is completely and wholly the photographer’s choice.
As you look at the photographs in this exhibition of Portraits and Self-Portraits, consider what the artist is saying with their images. Are they speaking truth or creating fiction? And what is your reaction?
Donna Cosentino - Director
________________________________________________________________________________
Please contact Donna Cosentino for private tours.
Gallery hours are Friday and Saturday, 11am-5pm OR you may make an appointment to view our exhibitions.
+Gallery visits for individuals or classes are also available by appointment.
+There is no charge to visit and there is free parking in front and behind the gallery space.
ALWAYS ON VIEW ARE WORKS BY OUR COLLECTIVE OF FIFTEEN PHOTOGRAPHERS.
OUR COLLECTIVE IS:
TERRY SCOTT ALLEN ï ROBERT BARRY ï BARBARA BECK ï GRANT BRITTAIN ï JOHN CLARKïDONNA COSENTINO ï STEPHEN DAVIS ï CARLA De DOMINICIS ï DEB HELLMAN ï JODIE HULDEN ï EMILY KIM ï WAYNE SWANSON ï TOM VANCISIN ï KEIKO YAMASAKI ï BOB YOUNGER
Past Members: ANDREA MATTHIES ï BRANDY SEBASTIAN ï BOB AND SUSAN HILL
CLICK ON IMAGES TO VIEW INDIVIDUAL IMAGE GALLERY
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