Idlewild, presented by photoFEAST
Wednesday, April 9, 2008
Life in the Big City, 2008
© Jessica Iannuzzi
It’s nice to see that students are putting on interesting photo shows. photoFEAST, a student-run photography organization at Parsons, is presenting their most recent Spring undergraduate exhibition. This time, they call it Idlewild.
Idlewild highlights works stemming from many veins in contemporary photography. As a whole, these photographs, while not all figure studies, challenge the general characteristics of what makes a portrait. Each photograph works as an introspective gaze into something that is unfamiliar or insignificant; they are portraits of time, space, and occasions. The images represent singular moments that have been removed from their context to comment on an overall reflection of cultural phenomena. Idlewild’s intention is to seamlessly intertwine a whimsical aspect found in some of the imagery and a more serious, critical approach found in others. By curating these two ideas together, the images create a hyperrealism that comments on the everyday.
This year’s show is curated by Chris Burick, Allie Cossack, Juliana Gamino, Piotr Kuczynski, and Grady O’Connor and features work from Parsons students Ida C. Benedetto, Erica Campbell, Alana Celii, Lorena Costa, Jena Gagliano, Julia Gartland, Hanifa Haris, Jessica Iannuzzi, Hyesung Kim, Soorin Kim, Hannah Kuo, Peggy McDonnell, Soojin Park, Brandon Pavan, Bailey Roberts, Diwa Tamrong, Grant Willing, and Stephanie Wowk.
If you’re in New York on April 18th (now that I think of it, I will be), the opening reception will be held from 6 to 8pm. The exhibition will remain up until May 1st.
3 Gallery
Parsons the New School for Design
66 5th Avenue, 3rd Floor
New York, NY
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