Tuesday, October 27, 2009

LOOKING FORWARD , FEELING BACKWARDS @ P.P.O.W. GALLERY 10/29/09

Photo by Jason Hanasik, Steven (spotlight) 2007,
digital c-print,
24 x 30 inches,
edition 1 of 6

Not missing this one nor Phil Toledano's America: The Gift Shop. This Thursday, 10/29/09. A lot of artists I like among them: Jason Hanasik, Whitney Hubbs and K8Hardy

See you Thursday!

Thursday, October 29, 2009 at 6:00pm
Saturday, December 5, 2009 at 6:00pm
Location:
P.P.O.W. Gallery
Street:
511 West 25th Street, Room 301 (at 10th Ave)
Description
Looking Forward, Feeling Backwards

Curated by Capricious & Tammy Rae Carland

Becca Albee / Arielle Falk / Jason Hanasik / K8 Hardy
Desiree Holman/ Whitney Hubbs / Ace Lehner Stephanie Leibowitz
/ Elizabeth Moy


October 29 – December 5, 2009
Opening Reception: Thursday, October 29, 6-8pm


P•P•O•W Gallery, in conjunction with Dotty Attie's exhibition, is pleased to present Looking Forward, Feeling Backwards in Gallery 2 curated by Capricious and artist Tammy Rae Carland. This exhibition is inspired by the forthcoming "Feminist Issue" of Capricious Magazine based on an open call for work about feminist feelings.

By insisting that a dialogue on feelings inflames the specter of feminism, and by asking what the world of feelings looks like, the curators have selected photographic and video works that hold potential for transformative ideas and experience. Empathetic vision, relentless loss, identity melancholia, compulsive hope, political depression, retooling trauma, shameless shame and feelings that have no names are all contending with one another in this group show of eight emerging artists. The curatorial selection gives the personal, political, social and emotional equal weight and emphasizes a generational lens on hope, humor and limitless self-invention.

Tammy Rae Carland was born in Portland Maine in 1965. She received her MFA from UC Irvine, her BA from The Evergreen State College in Olympia, Washington and attended the Whitney Independent Study Program. She is an Associate Professor at the California College of the Arts where she also chairs the Photography Program. She is represented by Silverman Gallery in San Francisco and primarily works with photography, experimental video and small run publications. Capricious chose to collaborate with her because her work, throughout her career, is seen as pioneering in the realm of contemporary queer and feminist culture.

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