Red Snapper, Harriet Lesser, Mixed Media on Paper, 18” x 28”
Harriet Lesser
Fish or Cut Bait
Consider the marvels of fish and the human relationship with them. They exist in an element we crave, admire, and need for our own existence. There are millions of them. Their beauty is magnified under water. They don’t speak, but they travel in “schools.” Their bodies are emotional tools. We fish for them with complex apparatus. We kill and eat them. We hear they are healthy for us.
I consider the art of the fly fishing. Casting like a drawing in the air, making an introduction, a conversation with the fish.
“Flash of silver, splash
Fish spinning from a barbed mouth
Inner gills blood red” -Calvin Olson
First Friday Reception: November 1st, 6 - 8 pm
Artist’s Reception: November 9th, 4 - 6 pm
IN THE DOWNSTAIRS GALLERY
Lost/Found: Explorations in Photographic Time and Space
In Studio Gallery’s annual photography exhibition, 15 DC-based photographers investigate the nature of Lost/Found. Using a variety of different photographic genres, including fine art, social documentary, photojournalism, and mixed media, the artists picture their personal perceptions of rootedness and alienation, presence and absence, and remembrance and the forgotten.
The show follows the Gallery’s well-received 2018 exhibit Narrative, which the City Paper selected as one of the 5 best photography exhibits of the year. Many of the same artists, along with the curatorial team, will be featured in Lost/Found.
Photographers represented include: Gary Anthes, Iwan Bagus, Matt Francisco, Soomin Ham, Leena Jayaswal, Jeremy Limerick, Kim Llerena and Nancy Daly, Steven Marks, Kadeem Morris, Chris Prosser, Rania Razek, Shaun Schroth, Alexandra Silverthorne, and Fred Zafran.
The show is curated by Leena Jayaswal, photography professor at American University, Iwan Bagus, photography professor at the University of the District of Columbia, and Steven Marks, Studio Gallery.
First Friday Reception: November 1st, 6 - 8 pm
Artists’ Reception: November 9th, 4 - 6 pm