Opening Reception Friday: Lens on the Land
We hope you will join us for an opening reception for our newest exhibition, Lens on the Land, a group exhibition which will feature work from four North Carolinian artists, all depicting the North Carolina Landscape. From the mountains to the coast, this group of images captures the beauty of our great state from four varying perspectives.
The opening reception for Lens on the Land will be held NEXT Friday, May 6th from 5 to 8 p.m. Light hors d’oeuvres and wine will be provided. This will be a unique exhibition, unlike any we have done in the past at Castell Photography, we hope to see you there!
Additional information for Lens on the Land:
Todd Cook, a young documentary photographer working out of Greenville, North Carolina, created a series of images inspired by the land which his family has called home for generations, being influenced by both it’s vast beauty as well as the rich history. The artist states “I discovered a region rich in history, heritage, sincerity, and integrity that I felt long disjointed from. I met some of the relatives my mom mentioned to me in my youth, and mended broken family bonds in the process. I met people who I couldnt fathom not ever knowing. In short, I discovered my home.” Neil Loughlin, also out of Greenville, creates hazy and nostalgic medium format images from a recent series in which the artist wanted to explore the beauty and mystery of the Old North State, but approach it “in a way where I would be painting with imagery as though a painter with a brush.”
Robin Dreyer, a long time employee at Penland School of Craft (of Celo, North Carolina) and Kenneth Jackson (of Carboro, North Carolina) are both working in alternative photographic processes. Dreyer creates one of a kind daguerrotypes, which was the very first photographic process dating to the early 19th century. His landscapes are unique and vastly different from the other artists’, each with it’s own charming set of imperfections. Kenneth Jackson creates limited edition ziatypes, which are made by brushing hand-mixed emulsions onto fine art paper, and then contact-printing from digitally enlarged negatives. Although these images are printed in small editions, each editioned image varies slightly from the last.
“To be honest, we have somewhat avoided an exhibition of this sort of work in the past, solely because of it’s prevalence in Asheville. We then realized that as Asheville’s only photography gallery, that we are in the unique position to show a grouping of exceptional and varied landscape photographs. The fact that it’s all of North Carolina is the perfect bonus, these images represent the unique beauty of our state— from images of the coast to a mountain path to a depiction of a rural area or farmland, these images are uniquely North Carolinian,” says gallery director Heidi Gruner.
We hope to see you this Friday night!
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Asheville Fine Art Gallery Lens on the Land Landscape Photography North Carolina Todd Cook Neil Loughlin Robin Dreyer Kenneth Jackson
