23 May 2008 to 14 June 2008
11am - 4pm Tuesday through Saturday
Opening Reception: May 23 2008 6pm – 9pm
Ellen Curlee Gallery
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St Louis, MO
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Ellen Curlee Gallery presents: Grounded: Photography and Our Contemporary Environment
March 14 - May 10, 2008
Chase Browder - Isabelle Hayeur - Jenny Kendler - David Maisel - Tim Maslen & Jennifer Mehra - John Pfahl - Nichole Van Beek - Caroline Voagen Nelson - Robyn Voshardt/Sven Humphrey - Scott Wolniak
Curated by Dana Turkovic
Opening Reception: Friday, March 14, 2008 6pm-9pm
Grounded: Photography and Our Contemporary Environment is an exhibition that brings together international photography and video art that focuses on the fundamental relationship between humans and nature and show the complex and dynamic interrelationship between humans and the earth, and to the environmental troubles we are currently confronted with. In partnership with the St. Louis Earth Day organization, the theme of the exhibition was developed through an ongoing discussion with about their interest in adding a collaborative and artistic component that directly involves the community. The group of photographers represented in Grounded are among an intensifying, global movement of artists who are addressing environmental concerns and critically engaging in issues like climate change, extinction, conservation, environmentally sensitive building and planning and waste management and believe that art can play a critical role in providing creative insight into these challenges. Grounded proposes art as a way of creating a better understanding about our relationship with nature and the environment and to explore the renewed role of contemporary art as a leading force in the global debate about the future of the planet. The Ellen Curlee Gallery specializes in contemporary fine art photography with a special emphasis on the work of international photographers.
