April and May 2008
The Faux Edge
Second Saturday Receptions: April 12 and May 10, 2008 from 5:00 to 9:00 PM.
Dirk Van Denderen
An Ice Dance
During the Austral Summer of 2006 I accepted a two-month posting as the photographer for a National Science Foundation Artists and Writers Grant to the Palmer Station in Antarctica. Palmer Station is a remote oceanographic research station located on Anvers Island on the Antarctic Peninsula and is accessible primarily via the NSF icebreaker Laurence M. Gould.
With the support of Palmer's staff, I enjoyed a distraction-free environment in which to refine and enhance image projects. Daily routines included inflatable boat expeditions through glacial ice packs to document visually tantalizing ice caves, landscapes, ice arches, icebergs, glaciers and fauna. Following a day of shooting, evenings involved image processing, critique and mission strategy. The "Faux Edge" technique evolved during these after-hours sessions.
The "Faux Edge" technique facilitates the creation of a pleasing segue from subject to space. Traditional frames interrupt this transition while unframed prints end abruptly. The Faux Edge style births from the subject itself, the borders of which are transformed through visual imagineering. The Faux Edge significantly affects the viewer's perception of the image, and is used to direct emotional content.
February and March 2008
Exhibition: February 8 to March 23, 2008
Cali Gorevic
Arborealis II
Second Saturday Receptions: February 9 and March 8, 2008 from 5:00 to 9:00 PM.
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January 2008
James Whitlow Delano
Pudong rises above the Bund, Shanghai, 2000
The Appel Gallery and Viewpoint Photographic Art Center will join together in January to present a major joint exhibition on the dramatic changes that are transforming China. Opening on January 4, 2008 and continuing through February 2, 2008 at both galleries, the exhibit, “China: Rivers of Change” explores the transformations currently underway in China, as epitomized by the massive Three Gorges Dam project, the largest hydro-electric complex ever built. The compelling images of these western photographers reveal the wrenching and often poignant details of the enormous changes now taking place in a timeless land.
The exhibit will feature photographs by the following photographic artists:
Linda Butler, James Whitlow Delano, Kathya Landeros, and Bill Zorn