UNSEEN: A Photographers Salon 10/22/09 @ Randall Scott Gallery

Photo by Nadine Rovner, part of the UNSEEN group show exhibition


UNSEEN : A Photographers Salon

Type: Music/Arts - Exhibit

Network: Global

Date: Thursday, October 22, 2009

October 22- November 21, 2009

Time: 6:30pm - 9:00pm

Location: Randall Scott Gallery

Street: 111 Front Street #214

City/Town: Brooklyn, NYC DUMBO


Curator Statement

UNseen: A Photographers Salon

Unseen is an introduction to some of New York’s most promising, hard working, and creative minds in the photography field whose bold ideas, themes, and techniques work to transcend the history of photographic art.

Adam Krause, a third generation Holocaust survivor, creates portraits of Neo Nazis. Nicola Kast, A German, explores and deconstructs German History. Cara Phillips Singular Beauty is a haunting social critique on modern surgical rooms while Phil Toledano’s portraits of plastic surgery patients is a classic aftermath of the surreal. Portrait work by Chad States, Natasha Gornik, Eric McNatt, Richard Renaldi, Bon Duke, and Ryan Pfluger examine the notions of self and the other. Leah Oates and Megan Cump visit serene, painterly landscapes while Nadine Rovner sends us back to retro the seventies through feel and color. Elizabeth Fleming examines the simplicity of the moment in a child’s world, Clayton Cotterell documents his brother now serving in the US military, and Alex Leme searches random urban settings.

As an Art Collector, I address the challenge that most art lovers constantly face… the search of new art and the issues of acquiring work for small spaces. By using the salon style for this show I demonstrate different themes and techniques, presented in a very traditional manner, that work within a confined space. Space should not limit your desire for collecting…the sky is the limit!

Ruben Natal-San Miguel
Art Collector and UNSEEN curator