Thursday, February 21, 2013

The May Exhibition - Featuring Pamela Hobbs



ARC Gallery features the photography of Pamela Hobbs this May. 

Exhibition Dates
May 2, 2013 through May 25, 2013
Artist Reception
May 4, 2013
4:00 to 7:00

Pamela Hobbs’ exhibition at ARC features work from two series of photographs Time and Remembering and Dearly Departed.  
 Queen of Coins from Time and Remembering

Hobbs describes her work and work process…

My work explores feminine identity.  My style is characterized by photographing miniature scenes composed of dolls, plaster figures, sculpted forms and painted backdrops.  The black and white photographs are toned and sometimes hand-colored.  The effect is surreal and mysterious.

Time and Remembering is a series of sepia-toned and hand-colored photographs housed in rustic pine enclosures.  Antique wooden chambers and curio cases house dried flowers, broken eggs and forgotten dolls.  Patterned papers, lacy textures and children’s playing cards quilt the shadowbox interiors.  These trunk-like boxes suggest memory, loss and time slipping away.  

Dearly Departed is a series of sepia-toned photographs which consider the issues of death and mortality.  Women are pictured in twilight landscapes disappearing into uncertain futures.  Other images picture statuesque forms of women obscured in cocoon-like enclosures with dried flowers and discarded nests.

You may see more of Pamela’s work on her profile at ArtSlant and her member page at ARC. 


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