THE COLLECTIVE: Inside/Outside
May 1st, 2021 - May 29th, 2021
DIRECTOR’S STATEMENT:
Each of our Collective exhibitions originate with a theme. Our theme this month is INSIDE OUTSIDE. This premise is explored free-form by our photographers with few limitations.
Beginning here in this front gallery one can get a sense of the creative vison and variety of expression that our photographers display. Window reflections, interior of an abandoned building, and even the inside and outside of garlic and onions!
Consider Stephen Davis looking out of his rain-spattered truck window toward the Oceanside pier. Terry Allen, working digitally, and Bob Younger working with an 8x10, use windows, doors and reflections of abandoned buildings as a way to bring us into the structures. Robert Barry’s images unite inside and outside at the same time with windows and reflections making it difficult to discern what is in and what is out. In my diptych of a miner’s shack in Cerro Gordo ghost town, one can see both the shadowy inside and the rough built outside of this deteriorating homestead.
Farm equipment that has languished for decades on the Carrizo Plain is the theme of Keiko Yamasaki’s photographs. Outside the rust and weather have taken their toll. Andrea Matthies photographing around her property in Valley Center used a new feature on her Polaroid camera which allows in-camera double exposures combining ranch structures and nature. Grant Brittain, on a desert sojourn, discovers the interior of a graffiti-layered gas station.
During this time of pandemic with little travel, our photographers also spent time at home creating still lifes. Working in black and white and by natural light, both Tom Vancisin and Deb Hellman assembled elegant scenes of vegetables and flowers.
3-D constructions are here as well. Barbara Beck’s hand made book accompanies her softly toned still life Ranunculus, and Brandy Sebastian’s origami-folded prints literally embrace the desert stillness found in Nevada’s colorful Valley of Fire.
Take a look and think about how you would express INSIDE OUTSIDE.
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
May 1st, 2021 - May 29th, 2021
DIRECTOR’S STATEMENT:
Each of our Collective exhibitions originate with a theme. Our theme this month is INSIDE OUTSIDE. This premise is explored free-form by our photographers with few limitations.
Beginning here in this front gallery one can get a sense of the creative vison and variety of expression that our photographers display. Window reflections, interior of an abandoned building, and even the inside and outside of garlic and onions!
Consider Stephen Davis looking out of his rain-spattered truck window toward the Oceanside pier. Terry Allen, working digitally, and Bob Younger working with an 8x10, use windows, doors and reflections of abandoned buildings as a way to bring us into the structures. Robert Barry’s images unite inside and outside at the same time with windows and reflections making it difficult to discern what is in and what is out. In my diptych of a miner’s shack in Cerro Gordo ghost town, one can see both the shadowy inside and the rough built outside of this deteriorating homestead.
Farm equipment that has languished for decades on the Carrizo Plain is the theme of Keiko Yamasaki’s photographs. Outside the rust and weather have taken their toll. Andrea Matthies photographing around her property in Valley Center used a new feature on her Polaroid camera which allows in-camera double exposures combining ranch structures and nature. Grant Brittain, on a desert sojourn, discovers the interior of a graffiti-layered gas station.
During this time of pandemic with little travel, our photographers also spent time at home creating still lifes. Working in black and white and by natural light, both Tom Vancisin and Deb Hellman assembled elegant scenes of vegetables and flowers.
3-D constructions are here as well. Barbara Beck’s hand made book accompanies her softly toned still life Ranunculus, and Brandy Sebastian’s origami-folded prints literally embrace the desert stillness found in Nevada’s colorful Valley of Fire.
Take a look and think about how you would express INSIDE OUTSIDE.
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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