Fern L. Nesson, Nanci Kahn + Meredith Kennedy, Cody Cobb + Raymond Thompson Jr.
Fern L. Nesson, In the Museum 3, 2022, courtesy of Nesson and Beacon Gallery
Beacon Gallery | TILT! : Fern L. Nesson, September 1, 2023 – October 29, 2023
“With the tilt of her camera, Nesson’s photographs of architecture evoke scientist and philosopher, Nicolaus Copernicus (1473-1543), who first theorized that the planets orbit the sun rather than the reverse. Copernicus’ innovative thoughts were thanks to his ability to shift perspective. He imagined how one’s perspective might change if Mars, rather than the Earth, was at the center of the universe. Nesson, too, takes standard perspective and shifts it to give viewers a new paradigm of understanding. Places are infused with qualities beyond their practical uses by translating functional architecture into undulating lines, and luminescent dimensionality with a monochromatic palette. Nesson’s tilt of the camera reinterprets and holds reverence for familiar places and objects, while also questioning the notion of maintaining a singular outlook on the world.
“Nesson’s work will be on view from September 1st through October 29th, with an opening reception on the first of September from 5-8 pm. An online talk with Griffin Museum of Photography Executive Director, Crista Dix, will occur at 7 pm on Tuesday, September 12th. A second reception will be hosted on October 6th from 5-8 pm in conjunction with SOWA’s First Friday. A final closing reception and exhibition walkthrough with Crista Dix will occur at 2 pm on Saturday, October 28th.”
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Kahn + Kennedy, Nymphaea odorata - Fragrant Water Lily
Maine Jewish Museum | SUN.WATER.WEEDS. : Nanci Kahn + Meredith Kennedy, August 31, 2023 – October 27, 2023
“Kahn+Kennedy’s photographs and cyanotypes are meditations on the fleeting quality of sun on water. Their collaboration began by creating and processing cyanotypes of seaweeds and water plants by the water’s edge. Noticing the glitter patterns on the image while processing, enticed them to capture that sparkling, environmental phenomenon. Their images are a combination of nature study and scientific wonder - beckoning the viewer below the surface.”
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Pictura Gallery | Hidden Light: Cody Cobb + Raymond Thompson Jr., September 1, 2023 – October 28, 2023
“Hidden Light, a new exhibition at Pictura Gallery, presents two photographers who work in the dark. Cody Cobb uses ultraviolet radiation to reveal strange luminescence in the American wilderness. Raymond Thompson Jr. works directly with the sun to make lumen prints of the body, obscuring the human form in celestial darkness. The show observes surprisingly intimate qualities in the land, and explores the body as its own kind of landscape.”
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