Pushing Light: Photographic Works June 20, 2007

“Pushing Light: Photographic Works”
Exhibition at Kolok Gallery June 20-July 16
Opening Reception Saturday, June 23, 5:30 - 8pm

North Adams, MA – Kolok Gallery is pleased to announce its upcoming exhibition “Pushing Light: Photographic Works,” which runs June 20 through July 16, 2007 at its North Adams, MA location. An opening reception for “Pushing Light” will be held on Saturday, June 23, 2007 from 5:30 PM – 8:00 PM, with the public invited to attend.

“Pushing Light” is an exhibition of three emerging photographic artists, Lana Z Caplan, Garrison Beau Scott and Tricia Zigmund whose works revolve around memory—of a moment in time, the chasm between pain and insight, and the stories that we tell about who we are and where we come from.

All three “Pushing Light” artists—each technically strong and artistically adept at breaking through conventional photographic barriers—present works that demand our attention to core questions of life, death and universality, either by temporarily enabling the viewer to inhabit someone else’s memories, or by waking those that rest deep within the tangles of one’s own synapses.

Lana Z Caplan’s tintypes capture themes that span generations and time periods, with the aim of drawing the viewer into a contemplative experience of the memory of love and desire, loss and devastation, birth and regeneration. Ms. Caplan is a multi-media artist based in Boston, MA who is known for utilizing historical photographic processes in her contemporary work.

Garrison Beau Scott is a California native currently living in Boston. Using existing light (moonlight, street lamps, reflections) Scott manipulates his compositions through extended exposure. His black and white images are both starkly graphic and austere in their presentation of memory, while teasing the viewer into the possibility that a second, more complex narrative awaits discovery.

Tricia Zigmund, currently living and working in New York City, uses multiple exposures, projections and flash to manipulate light in ways that produce images that are hypnotic and haunting. Her works are a stinging reminder that memories—however remote and blurred—can simultaneously remain sharp and fresh.

Official Website: http://www.kolokgallery.com