16 Feb 2008 to 26 Apr 2008
Tuesday through Saturday, 11:00 AM to 6:00 PM
Reception : Saturday, January 12, 2008, 6-8pm
Paul Kopeikin Gallery
6150 Wilshire Blvd
CA 90048
Los Angeles, CA
California
North America
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The Paul Kopeikin Gallery is proud to present Domesticated, the first solo exhibition of Amy Stein.
This exhibition opens Saturday February 16, 2008 and runs through April 26, 2008. A reception with the artist will take place on February 16, 2008 from 6:00-8:00PM. The reception is free and open to the public. The gallery is located at 6150 Wilshire Blvd., just west of Fairfax. For information call (323) 937-0765 or visit our website at paulkopeikingallery.com
Amy Stein's photographs explore our paradoxical relationship with the "wild" and how our conflicting impulsescontinue to evolve and alter the behavior of both humans and animals. We at once seek connection with the mystery and freedom of the natural world, yet we continually strive to tame the wild around us and compulsively control the wild within our own nature. Within her work she examines the primal issues of comfort and fear, dependence and determination, submission and dominance that play out in the physical and psychological ecotones between man and the natural world
The photographs in this series are based on real stories from local newspapers and oral histories of intentional and random interactions between humans and animals. The narratives are set in and around Matamoras, a small town in Northeast Pennsylvania that borders a state forest.
