Press Release

Photo: Jaqueline Truong, “Reminiscent of the Womb”

For Immediate Release
March 3, 2008
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Media Contacts:
Brandon Gannon
The Julia Dean Gallery (310) 392-0909
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Aline Smithson; alinesmithson@yahoo.com
www.alinesmithson.com
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4 Frames

An Exhibition of New Work from

11 Southern California Photographers

March 29th – May 9th, 2008

Opening Reception: Saturday, March 29th from 5 – 8 pm

The Julia Dean Gallery
801 Ocean Front Walk, Studio 8
Venice, California 90291

Explorers, dreamers, perfectionists, voyeurs – photographers can be perceived in different ways, but passionate is perhaps the feature that characterizes them the best. Without passion their work could never see the light of success or have an unparalleled place in the contemporary art world. 4 Frames is the direct result of this passion. A unique format that revisits the old dispute between form and content. Does form rule over content or vice versa? Which comes first, form or content? 4 Frames is an invitation to join the journey and travel in a new way to experience art and celebrate photography. 44 exquisite windows opened to the heart and mind of talented emerging artists -a fantastic festival for the eye of the beholder.

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Aline Smithson explores how an unusual doll finds his fit in the world. HUGO is a man, not a boy, too real for the world of toys and too strange to be owned by a child. The thought of spending hours as a child with Hugo is the unsettling subject she decided to explore.

Catharine Stebbins tells us that a chance explosion while reheating leftovers in the microwave inspired this work. BLOW UP pays homage to science, the field of systematic discovery.

Cindy Schafer asks herself, “Where Am I? Who Am I?” while awakening memories of life on the farm as a sort of gentle reminder of the calm we feel when nature is all around us.

Enrique Ahumada introduces his Women In Windows. Real women for a split second, as in a dream. A very exciting dream where the most secret desires take their own pictures.

Gianina Ferreyra takes us into The Garden where dreams are found.

Jaqueline Truong shows nudes that represent the grace and beauty, which a simple form can become. The contours and lines hint at another time and place.

Jim Marx freezes time in Metaphor 4×4 to keep moments that otherwise would have been missed and juxtaposes images in a reflection on the human experience.

Jim Starks, Jr. makes creative use of Venetian carnival masks in part one of his new series Distortion through Masks.

Rico Mandel presents From the Earth, a series of images exploring the textures, curves and sensuality of the plants we grow for food.

Shay McAtee goes Backstage to document the behind-the-scenes hustle and bustle, anxiety and excitement, of a performance by a local ballet company.

Susan Gast enters the One Room, hanging portraits that explore the mystery of emotion and place. The images are bathed in a surreal wash to reveal the reality of the subject’s life.

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