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Artist Talk with Keith Carter (2010)
It has been ten years since Texas-based photographer Keith Carter has had an exhibition in Chicago. In this time, Carter has added three publications to his increasing list of monographs, including his latest release, Fireflies, photographs of children. Seen & Unseen brings together many of Carters signature images Chicken Feathers, Radio Flyer, Angel, The Waltz, Meagans New Shoes, Pinocchio and introduces work from his recent foray into the digital arena.
These are clips from Keith Carter's Artist Talk video for his 2010 exhibition, Seen & Unseen, at Catherine Edelman Gallery, Chicago. The full Artist Talk series can be seen here http://bit.ly/8azQxi and images from the exhibition can be seen here http://bit.ly/akjk2Q
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Artist Talk with Hiroshi Watanabe (2009)
Quiet, thoughtful and unassuming are words often used when describing images made by Japanese photographer Hiroshi Watanabe. Whether photographing a lone child atop a jungle gym-like structure, a shadow of the Washington Monument perfectly draped upon the Vietnam War Memorial, or the simplicity of a lace wedding glove, Watanabe proves time and again that when a photographer is patient, beauty and opportunity reveals itself in everyday events. This silent elegance can also be seen in the faces of amateur Kabuki dancers posing for the camera, and in portraits of macaque monkeys trained in the art of monkey dancing, an ancient religious ritual that has become a form of entertainment. From a remote village in Japan, to a farm in Ecuador, to a market in India, Hiroshi Watanabe photographs in places that captive him, where traditions, people and locations intersect.
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Artist Talk with Gregory Scott (2009)
Gregory Scott has always blurred the lines between painting and photography, incorporating paintings he did of himself, or parts of his body, back into his photographs. The resulting images were both humorous and odd, challenging the viewers perception of photographic truth. Then, at the age of 49, Scott decided to go back to school to extend his knowledge of video and art history. Having successfully merged his love of painting and photographs, his interest turned to video and its ability to move and manipulate still images.
In 2008, Gregory Scott graduated with a body of work that blended all three of his artistic interests. Continuing to use himself as the model, Scott creates narrative pieces which use illusion and surprise to tackle issues ranging from identity and loneliness, to the way the art world has pigeonholed the various mediums in which he works. In his pieces, Scott challenges the definitions placed on photography, painting and video, expanding its discourse.
Gregory Scott was born in Ann Arbor, Michigan in 1957 and received his Bachelor degree from the Institute of Design at IIT in 1979 and his Master of Fine Art from Indiana University in 2008.
Artist Talk with Gregory Scott, 2009. Exhibition information can be found here: http://www.edelmangallery.com/<wbr>exhibitions/2009/scott/scottsh<wbr>ow2009.htm
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Artist Talk with Chicago Project III (2009)
In 2003, The Chicago Project was created as an online only gallery, devoted to unrepresented photographers in the Chicagoland area. In an effort to promote local talent, Catherine Edelman Gallery put out a call for submission to all local photographers. To date, the site has featured more than 50 photographers whose works range from traditional black & white landscapes to color narratives. The goal of the gallery is to expose local artists to our ever increasing audience, including curators and collectors worldwide.
We are proud to present The Chicago Project III, our bi-annual exhibition selected from participants in the online gallery. Artists include Shannon Benine, Philip Dembinski, Bill Guy, Eric Holubow, Julie Meridian, Jason Robinette, James Rotz, David Schalliol, Daniel Shea, Sarah Stonefoot, Leasha Overturf and Alan Thomas.
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Artist Talk with Lauren E. Simonutti (2010)
Mental illness is not something easily understood. Most of us only hear about it through television or the cinema, which tends to sensationalize the condition. Rarely do we meet a person truly afflicted with mental illness who can explain it. In 2006, Lauren E. Simonutti started hearing three distinct voices in her right ear, the ear she lost hearing in years prior. After numerous hospitalizations and mis-diagnoses, Lauren was finally given a name to her illness, rapid cycling, mixed state bipolar with schizoaffective disorder, and given proper medicines which allows her to function with great clarity on a daily basis.
Taking pictures since she was twelve, Lauren turned the camera on herself, photographing within the confines of her home, which she has rarely left since 2006. The result of this self-imposed isolation is a haunting, honest body of work about mental illness and a testament to her resilience and need to confront and understand her condition. As she says in her artist statement:
"Madness strips things down to their core. It takes everything and in exchange offers only more madness, and the occasional ability to see things that are not there....The problem with madness is that you can feel it coming but when you tell people you think you are going crazy they do not believe you. It is too distant a concept. Too melodramatic. You dont believe it yourself until you have fallen so quickly and so far that your fingernails are the only thing holding you up, balanced with your feet dangling on either side of a narrow fence with your heart and mind directly over center, so that when you do fall it will split you in two. And split equally. So theres not even a stronger side left to win.....Over three and one half years I have spent alone amidst these 8 rooms, 7 mirrors, 6 clocks, 2 minds and 199 panes of glass. And this is what I saw here. This is what I learned."
Most artists strive to make work that says something that reaches deep inside themselves to reveal a fear or a desire. Lauren E. Simonutti presents work that is so truthful and so raw that the viewer cant help but accept her truth and enter a world which may be unfamiliar but undeniably powerful.
Artist Talk with Lauren E. Simonutti, 2010. Exhibition information can be found here:
http://www.edelmangallery.com/<wbr>exhibition/2010/simonutti/simo<wbr>nuttishow2009.htm
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Catherine Edelman Gallery opened in 1987 quickly establishing itself as one of the leading galleries in the Midwest devoted exclusively to the art of photography. From its inception, the goal of the gallery was to exhibit prominent contemporary photographers alongside new & young talent, showcasing a broad range of subject matter and photographic techniques.
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