May 2013

Of a Place and Time: Photographic Memories and Imaginings

Recollections of places visited, both far and near, people known, and those never met but have only been spoken about, form the foundation of the exhibition Of a Place and Time: Photographic Memories and Imaginings. It explores individual and collective imaginings of the cultural and familial alongside the ‘true’ recounting of family histories told by elders, old photographs and other tangible ‘evidence’ left behind. Objects, symbols, as well as other non-related individuals, at times, become surrogates for those family and friends no longer here. They are voiceless, unable to tell their own tales.

These six artists, Rebecca D’Angelo, Gloria Kirk, Muriel Hasbun, Michael Platt, Charles Sessom, and Susanna Thornton, have been influenced by their travels, both actual and speculative cultural encounters, as well as their personal relationships with loved ones, present and past. The ‘retellings’ created by each relay the factual, as best as can be remembered, and imagined fantastical scenarios of varied domestic tableau, landscapes, and portraits presented here.

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