NEW YORK, NY – Chelsea’s Agora Gallery will feature the original work of Patricia Wallace in the Illumination: An Exhibition of Fine Art Photography. The exhibition opens May 19, 2017 and runs through June 8, 2017 with an opening reception on Thursday, May 25 from 6-8 pm.
Patricia Wallace uses her work to blur the line between fine art photographer, historian, and digital collage artist. One of Wallace's main areas of concentration is taking vintage photographs and bringing them into a modern context in amazingly subtle ways. Wallace does not introduce drastic changes such as new colors, or superimpose her own hand. Instead the images draw power from differences in scale, repetition, and focus. Crucial details from postcards or photographs are blown up, as in one series of men kissing women on the cheek Different staged, romantic scenes are collected in one frame to tell a new story. A newspaper photograph of wartime damage is repeated several times across a composition, abruptly juxtaposed with a contemporary portrait.
Wallace's original photography captures a whole different world. These images are a glimpse at the most vibrant corners of Tahiti. The sea at sunrise, traditional dancers, and rolling fields of crops are all depicted in full color and wonderfully in-depth texture.
Wallace was born in Britain and lived all over the world before settling in her current home of Tahiti. She has had several solo exhibitions in Papeete, Tahiti.
Exhibition Dates: May 19, 2017 – June 8, 2017
Reception: Thursday, May 25, 6:00pm - 8:00pm
Gallery Hours: Tues-Sat 11:00am – 6:00pm
Gallery Location: 530 West 25th St, Chelsea, New York
Event URL: http://www.agora-gallery.com/artistpage/Wallace.aspx
Featured Artists:
Illumination: An Exhibition of Fine Art Photography
Mohamed Bengriba | Marco Carnaroli | Estelle Choe | Aitor Izaguirre Ansa | Olga Loschinina | Chet B. Simpson | Wallace
About the Exhibition
Illumination: An Exhibition of Fine Art Photography
Agora Gallery brings digital photography to the forefront with Illumination: An Exhibition of Fine Art Photography. This group exhibition collects six artists with wildly different storytelling goals. There are two landscape photographers, one of whom transforms the landscape with fantastical perspectives and one who captures the land in harmony with its human inhabitants. There is the photographer working with modern symbolic imagery revolving around consumerism and health issues. There are two abstract photographers who work with exposure and saturation to create textures. There are also two artists who portray cars and buildings as living, breathing things. Illumination is an exercise in unusual points of view.
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