ExLAB Part III
On August 3rd, Foley Gallery continues and concludes the 2023 edition of 鈥渢he Exhibition Lab Exhibition鈥� with a group show featuring work by Ann Prochilo, David Ricci, Derek Hayes, Jill Laurie Goodman, Jon Plasse, and Tod Bryant. The exhibition will feature photographers exploring various genres, from documentary, autobiographical, and surreal to new media forms, including mixed media.
Ann Prochilo鈥檚 photography explores themes of belonging, change, and memory, focusing on the flashes of anticipation that occur before periods of transformation. In her series This Is Water, she is interested in both the hidden and exposed moments of emergence and resurfacing. Disorienting yet captivating, Prochilo鈥檚 photographs of water examine the contradictory ideas of mindfulness and dissociation, inviting us to challenge the complacency that we may not realize we鈥檇 been harboring.
Over the last five years, photographer David Ricci has documented a vast array of objects in antique shops, flea markets, and collectable fairs across America. His images investigate the ugly truths of the country鈥檚 past including consumerism, racism, and misogyny, and how these truths continue to inform the present. Beyond depicting the bustling trading systems of relics from the past, Ricci鈥檚 work addresses current, painful realities about our history, society, and ourselves.
Maine-based photographer Derek Hayes鈥檚 series Most Art is Made by the Dead explores mortality, the passage of time, and losing the ones we love. In response to the loss of his father earlier this year and his mother shortly before that, Hayes鈥� powerful and heartbreaking images are the photographic record of his experience with grief. While his work is wistful and melancholy, it is also surprisingly comforting, reminding us that loss is a fundamental thread of the human experience.
Jill Laurie Goodman photographs document the Maine coast around Penobscot Bay, a place she had never been until the fall of 2022. Inspired to explore the enchanted landscape by the magical stories she read as a child, Goodman鈥檚 images depict the steady stones, the floating seaweed, and reflections of the sky on moving water, questioning what creates a sense of place? What shapes an emotional landscape? What else is there?
Jon Plasse鈥檚 transitory photographic works meditate on the fleeting moments of everyday life. Plasse plays with space in his surreal black and white images, creating a world where far distances become reachable, late afternoon light vibrates, and the present becomes a shadow, slowly slipping into the past. In his images that almost appear to be in movement, Plasse reminds us that experience is both radiant and ephemeral.
Tod Bryant鈥檚 Preservation Trades is a portrait series of craftspeople who are at the heart of the restoration and rehabilitation of historic buildings. While the complex restoration business involves many people and many jobs, Bryant鈥檚 photographs are dedicated to documenting the skilled people who do the work with their own hands. Inspired by photographers such as August Sander and Irving Penn, Bryant鈥檚 series is an ongoing project giving homage to these individuals.
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On August 3rd, Foley Gallery continues and concludes the 2023 edition of 鈥渢he Exhibition Lab Exhibition鈥� with a group show featuring work by Ann Prochilo, David Ricci, Derek Hayes, Jill Laurie Goodman, Jon Plasse, and Tod Bryant. The exhibition will feature photographers exploring various genres, from documentary, autobiographical, and surreal to new media forms, including mixed media.
Ann Prochilo鈥檚 photography explores themes of belonging, change, and memory, focusing on the flashes of anticipation that occur before periods of transformation. In her series This Is Water, she is interested in both the hidden and exposed moments of emergence and resurfacing. Disorienting yet captivating, Prochilo鈥檚 photographs of water examine the contradictory ideas of mindfulness and dissociation, inviting us to challenge the complacency that we may not realize we鈥檇 been harboring.
Over the last five years, photographer David Ricci has documented a vast array of objects in antique shops, flea markets, and collectable fairs across America. His images investigate the ugly truths of the country鈥檚 past including consumerism, racism, and misogyny, and how these truths continue to inform the present. Beyond depicting the bustling trading systems of relics from the past, Ricci鈥檚 work addresses current, painful realities about our history, society, and ourselves.
Maine-based photographer Derek Hayes鈥檚 series Most Art is Made by the Dead explores mortality, the passage of time, and losing the ones we love. In response to the loss of his father earlier this year and his mother shortly before that, Hayes鈥� powerful and heartbreaking images are the photographic record of his experience with grief. While his work is wistful and melancholy, it is also surprisingly comforting, reminding us that loss is a fundamental thread of the human experience.
Jill Laurie Goodman photographs document the Maine coast around Penobscot Bay, a place she had never been until the fall of 2022. Inspired to explore the enchanted landscape by the magical stories she read as a child, Goodman鈥檚 images depict the steady stones, the floating seaweed, and reflections of the sky on moving water, questioning what creates a sense of place? What shapes an emotional landscape? What else is there?
Jon Plasse鈥檚 transitory photographic works meditate on the fleeting moments of everyday life. Plasse plays with space in his surreal black and white images, creating a world where far distances become reachable, late afternoon light vibrates, and the present becomes a shadow, slowly slipping into the past. In his images that almost appear to be in movement, Plasse reminds us that experience is both radiant and ephemeral.
Tod Bryant鈥檚 Preservation Trades is a portrait series of craftspeople who are at the heart of the restoration and rehabilitation of historic buildings. While the complex restoration business involves many people and many jobs, Bryant鈥檚 photographs are dedicated to documenting the skilled people who do the work with their own hands. Inspired by photographers such as August Sander and Irving Penn, Bryant鈥檚 series is an ongoing project giving homage to these individuals.
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