Who: Emmet & Elijah Gowin
What: Maggie
When: Now
Where: Page Bond Gallery
Why?
This gallery is beautiful. It displays the modern day gallery feel of big open spaces in order to walk around and converse. With this only being a photographic exhibit, the sequences of images plays a major role in moving the viewer around the room. We as viewers come to know this woman named Maggie, hence the name of the exhibit. I found these pictures to be intriguing, as they are a bit mysterious in the way the camera was used to capture unusual focal lengths and imagery. The use of vignetting captures a mysterious haze on the old fashioned country home. Some pictures even capture these old women in unusual circumstances, peeping from the back of the frame, or playing with objects I have never seen in my life. There is also this feel of a journalistic view of the life around this family, documenting the years that pass.
The display of the photo's were very plain and simple, making it hard to distract the viewers attention on the photograph. The use of white matte with a light wood frame pleases the eyes when it is mounted on such white walls. This allows the eye to focus more on the image first, presentation second. We come to shows to acknowledge the works of others and to gather ideas of what is being done outside of our own work. Keep the presentation plain, and simple. This exhibit is a great example of this.
Very true. In a case like this, presentation should almost be invisible. It is the armature that strengthens and binds the work together. I pose this question:
ReplyDeleteI know who the show was about. But what was the show about? And if there isn't a definitive answer- does it matter to you?
To me, knowing what the show was about plays two sides. It does matter when it concerns such a series like this, portraying a particular being and action. On the other hand, I typically do not base beauty over knowing pin point what something is and is not about.
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