Tami Bone (Austin), Shelley Calton (Houston), Polly Chandler (Austin), Troy Colby (Lawrence, Kansas), Tytia Habing (Watson, IL)
Curated by Libby Rowe and Scott Sherer
August 31-September 30, 2016
Opening Reception: Wednesday, August 31, 2016; 6:00-8:00
Making Fact and Fiction considers the simultaneous possibilities of photography to reflect images from the real world and conceptual, mysterious, and fantastic possibilities. Often, recognizable elements may draw our attention at the same time that aesthetic choices seduce our interest. In narrative photography, images of objects, people, and environments suggest degrees of evidence of unique moments in time. Viewers engage, understand and allow their thoughts to wander toward a range of observations, interpretations, conclusions, and questions.
Houston based artist Shelley Calton’s series Concealed works in a documentary style exploring the lives of women who are compelled to keep handguns. Calton provides a window into their lives and suggests complex motivations. Tytia Habing’s images from It’s A Boy and It’s Complicated depict the individual moments of the life of a boy living in the small town of Watson, Illinois. The images show both her son and every boy. In Presenting the Jealous Wench, Kansas artist, Troy Colby, follows traditions of surrealist imagery putting himself in unexpected relationships with everyday objects. Austin artist Polly Chandler pushes and pulls the details of reality in You Build it Up, You Wreck it Down and Emotional Narratives. Her images place characters within epic and highly charged emotional landscapes. In Mythos, Tami Bone offers viewers what could be simple gestures that quickly morph into marvelous dreams.
This exhibition features work of artists who have been featured in recent exhibitions of the Texas Photographic Society and coincides with the TPS 29th Annual Members Only Show at the San Antonio Central Public Library.
All exhibitions are free and open to the public
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