Exhibit Dates: June 29- July 30, 2023
Opening Reception at the Gallery: Saturday, July 8, 2023, 5-7 p.m.
Artists’ Talk Thursday, July 20, 2023, 7 p.m.

Perspective Gallery’s July 2023 show features the work of 25 Chicago-area photographers

This July, Perspective Gallery is pleased to present recent work by 25 Chicago-area photographers. This exhibit is the latest installment of the juried “Vicinity” exhibition that Perspctive presents each summer.

The selctions on display were chosen from over 400 submitted images by juror Kristien Taylor, Curator of Academic Programs and Collections at the Museum of Contemporary Photography. The exhibit opens on Thursday, June 29 with a public reception on Saturday, July 8 from 5-7 p.m. The show closes July 30.

Selected photographers are:
Zemula Barr
Jody Berns
Timothea Canny
Inseok Choi
Robert Drea
Jeff Evans
Jane Feely
Eli Giclas
Kyli Hawks
Susan Holtz
Hillary Johnson
Joseph Kayne
Kevin Lyle

Brad Perkins
Kirill Polevoy
Austin Pope
Lance Pressl
Hardy Rettig
Kathryn Rodrigues
Angela Schlaud
I-Peng Tang
Rafael Torres
Tom Van Eynde
Christopher Walker
Judson Womack.

Juror:
The selections on display were chosen from over 400 submitted images by juror Kristin Taylor, Curator of Academic Programs and Collections at the Museum of Contemporary Photography. Taylor leads the MoCP education programs and curates exhibitions that contextualize the museum’s permanent collection. She organized the MoCP exhibitions Beyond the Frame (2022); Reproductive: Health, Fertility, Agency (2021); Chicago Stories: Carlos Javier Ortiz and David Schalliol (2019); among others. Ms. Taylor manages the museum’s podcast, Focal Point, which engages artists in discussion around the themes and processes in contemporary photography. Taylor holds a BFA in Painting from the Kansas City Art Institute and an MA in Visual Arts Management from Columbia College Chicago.

Juror’s Statement:

“The pieces in this exhibition show meditations on the land, the built environment, and how people shape or occupy these spaces. While some artists create images that contemplate on specific points in nature, such as Hillary Johnson’s varying frames of one rocky overlook of the lake, others trace markings of a human presence. For example, a neon yellow smiley face sign by Tom Van Eynde or pair of double stop signs on concrete pedestals by Jeff Evans, can read like architectural ruins that a future species could unearth to learn about human quirks. Images of curious gestures, such as a hand in the act of burying an object in the ground by Judson Womack, or a figure laying face-down in the grass with arms outstretched by Kathryn Rodrigues, suggest a state of quiet ritual, and perhaps remorse, for a deeper connection to one’s surroundings.”

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Perspective Group and Photography Gallery is a not-for-profit, community-oriented cooperative of fine art photographers whose purpose is to promote fine art photography. In addition to monthly exhibitions and artist talks, the gallery features: Perspectives on Photography, a guest speaker lecture series; Lens, a national juried exhibition; an annual invitational show; Vicinity, a juried exhibition of photographers from the greater Chicago area; and, Student Perspectives, an annual, juried show for Chicago-area high school students.

Image info: Zemula Barr, Lemon

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