Opening Reception: "The Specter of Nature" an ARC Exhibition by Stephanie Anne Clark January 8, 2011

Beginning January 1, Spacetaker will host The Specter of Nature, a solo exhibition by Houston-based fine art photographer Stephanie Anne Clark, as a part of its ARC Exhibition series. In her exhibition The Specter of Nature, Clark creates hybrid images in an effort to explore relationships between materiality and ideals within representation– cutting and staging photographs and decorative materials to reframe them through a lens of fantasy and make believe. Merging knowledge of digital media, studio practice and traditional forms, she creates a type of hybrid image that moves beyond the photograph.

The whimsical nature of Clark’s images is a result of a playful layering of topics such as visual culture, storytelling, religion, feminism, and psychology. Using light and shadow as symbols of hope and potential, the artist creates spaces where figures and forms merge and emerge; much like the human experience where the known and the unknown, the real and the unreal, are investigated within the murky depths of the subconscious.

The Opening Reception for The Specter of Nature is Saturday, January 8 from 5-7 p.m. and the exhibition will be up at Spacetaker’s ARC Gallery through January 29, 2011.

About the Artist:
Stephanie Anne Clark is native to the Houston area, and has studied the arts at Rice University and Rochester Institute of Technology. Learn more about Stephanie at www.stephanieanneclark.com.

WHAT: Spacetaker ARC Exhibition: The Specter of Nature

WHEN: January 1 – 29, 2011 | Gallery Hours: Wed thru Fri 11 a.m. – 6 p.m. or by appointment: 713.868.1839
Opening Reception on Saturday, January 8, 2011, 5-7 p.m.

WHERE: Spacetaker ARC Gallery | 2101 Winter Street, B11, Houston, TX 77007

COST: Free

MORE INFO: http://www.spacetaker.org or call 713.868.1839

Official Website: http://www.spacetaker.org/culture_guide/event/arc-exhibition-specter-nature-stephanie-anne-clark