Main Gallery
Exhibit Dates:
Wednesday, Apr. 6 to Saturday, Jun. 4
Artist Reception (Member Event):
Friday, Apr. 8 6:00 pm to 8:30 pm
2nd Saturday Opening (General Public):
Saturday, Apr. 9 5:00 pm to 9:00 pm
Invitational Artists Reception with the Westons: Friday, April 8, 6 p.m. to 8:30 p.m.
Please join Viewpoint as we present one of America’s foremost photography families in an exhibit spanning four generations—Edward, Brett, Kim, and Zach Weston. Kim Weston and his son, Zach, will attend the reception, providing remarks and signing catalogs. Guests will enjoy an array of appetizers, wine, beverages, and sweet treats to round out the evening. Music will be provided by Midtown Jazz.
Tickets $25, available now in the Viewpoint Store and at the door on April 8.
Edward Weston once wrote:
My work-purpose, my theme, can most clearly be stated as the recognition, recording and presentation of the interdependence, the relativity if all things – the universality of basic form . . . In a single day’s work within a radius of a mile, I might discover and record the skeleton of a bird, a blossoming fruit tree, a cloud, a smokestack; each of these being only a part of the whole, but each – in itself – becoming a symbol of the whole, of life.
This unequaled vision of photography resonates throughout Edward Weston’s work and that of his family who continue an artistic legacy that remains vibrant today.
In the work of Brett Weston, we see a deep contemplation of form and through his classic sharp focused contrast we are witness to a master of abstraction.
In the photography of Kim Weston we see generations of photographic acumen and tradition and a versatile style which becomes adaptable and transcendent to every subject, nude and setting.
In the images of Zach Weston we are able to witness a new perspective in abstraction formed from the intuitive Weston ability to present a subtle story in profound ways which honor his family’s legacy yet looking intently to the future.
(Written by Jewel Gentry)
Step Up Gallery
Exhibit Dates:
Wednesday, Apr. 6 to Saturday, May. 7
Artist Reception (Member Event):
Friday, Apr. 8 6:00 pm to 8:30 pm
2nd Saturday Opening (General Public):
Saturday, Apr. 9 5:00 pm to 9:00 pm
In the past two decades, Adrienne Sher has divided her time, artistically, between photography and theatre. “I find that the two disciplines complement each other very well,” she says. “Theater is verbal, collaborative and interactive with the public. Working in the darkroom or at the computer is quiet, solitary and meditative. I find the more I learn about photography, the more I exchange ideas and techniques with other photographers, the more engrossed I become, and passionate to learn more.”
Sher is particularly drawn to vintage cameras and archaic film formats, small and large. “I love alternative processes, hand printing, wet paper, the smell of the chemicals, the brushes and glass rods.” The images in Underwater are an attempt to capture some of the romance of the hand-processed print using digital tools. All of the images in Underwater are Archival Pigment Inkjet Prints.
Adrienne Sher’s images have appeared at the Viewpoint Gallery in the show “Tree:Observed”, Rick Murai’s fieldtrip shows from Peru, Bhutan and The Three Kingdoms, “Twelve: Small Wonders” and numerous member shows and fundraising auctions at the Viewpoint, KVIE, and Capital Stage. She has also had a one woman show at the Thistle Dew Gallery.
