Two of my photographs were recently selected to appear in an exhibit titled "Supernatural," and hosted at the New Harmony Gallery of Contemporary Art. The exhibit is curated by Paula Katz, Executive Director at the Indianapolis Museum of Contemporary Art (iMOCA).
The gallery is open June - July with a reception on Saturday July 11th from 4-6 p.m. I will be at the reception on July 11th and would be happy to talk about the works in person. My photographs focus on the internal manifestation of fear and the ghosts of our own creation.
Metamorphosis
It has been one hundred years since Franz Kafka warned us of the unknown metamorphosis that we may unknowingly undergo in our lives. The anxious rush that transforms us into the conformity of everyday life can create the conditions to turn any one of us into monsters; shells of our former selves - ghosts of former dreams that do not have the dignity to hide away into the shadows of our own private thoughts. The burden of our own lives is on display and shared with all to see, but most are too polite, or horrified, to help. We may never know the exact cause for our metamorphosis, but we can see and recognize the monster as plain as day. The question we face is, what now? If we undertook one alteration, can we not embark upon another? The dream is yours alone. Just decide how you would like to awake.
Old Hollywood
Will you face the pessimism of the excruciatingly silent voices around you and press on as the dreams of yesterday smile through cracked teeth from the gutter at your feet? Are they a vanguard of failed ghosts cheering through time or are they a warning of failure from those who came before you? There are more dreams lining the gutters here than there are monuments of success. Will you make your masterpiece, or will you allow someone else to hit “record?” Do you take the risk? Or will you toss and turn in your sheets at night, forever haunted by, “what if?”