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IntroductionsOpening reception, June 27, 2007 @ 6-8 pmExhibition runs through September 8, 2007 Gallery closed during August Alexander Gray Associates 526 W 26 St #1019 Gallery Hours: Tuesday–Saturday, 11am-6 pm 212-399-2636 alexandergray.com  Dawit L. Petros, "Proposition 2: A Parallel Model for Physical and Conceptual Processes", 2007. Digital print, 5" x 7", $1200  Dawit L. Petros, "Proposition 1: Mountain," 2007. Digital print, 16"' x 34", $1800  Bryan Jackson, "Untitled" (Kiss), 2007. Digital Photgraph, 16" x 20", $1500  Bryan Jackson, "Untitled" (Lanterns), 2007. Digital Photoraph, 16" X 20". $1500 For this exhibition, Cabrera chose Dawit L. Petros and Yonemoto chose Bryan Jackson. With landscape as a primary subject and metaphor, Petros explores ideas of the post-Colonial, cultural transformation and location. Each work in the show draws from specific histories, sources and sites, including locations in Northern Canada, the "American West", and Africa. The unfolding of these locations, complete with restaging elements, documentation, and performative gesture, is the result of Petros' disciplined approach to exploring codes, signals, and language that construct identity and the collective consciousness. Petros was born in Asmara, Eritrea, and received his MFA in 2007 from the School of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston. He has exhibited his work in group shows throughout Canada and in the U.S. Jackson, a filmmaker, theater director and artist whose work has been celebrated on the Gay and Lesbian Film circuit. Jackson's film, "Softly," a highly stylized short film that traces desire, sensuality and romance is the centerpiece of his exhibition. In this film, Bratz dolls have been employed as actors in a romantic narrative between two men. By staging them in miniature, exquisitely handcrafted sets, the line between dollhouse and reality becomes blurred—creating a world as fragile and ephemeral as the romance story that takes place within the frame. On exhibit are two of the sets, presented as sculptures, and still photographs from the film. |
