Observare: Philip Augustin + Elizabeth Stone

October 10, 2019 – December 15, 2019

Observare was curated by Lori Vrba and Frank Konhaus. Lori and Frank met Elizabeth and Philip at the 2018 Click! Photography Festival in Durham, NC, where the two artists were selected to participate in the Festival’s portfolio reviews. Frank became enchanted with Philip’s minimalist Instagram feed and the seed of an exhibition idea began to grow around abstract photography. Elizabeth’s work, while more organic and less formal, seemed a natural complement to complete this investigation. Lori kindly agreed to co-curate and the ideas flowed freely with the added luxury of having both artists in the gallery to collaborate with us. From the initial notion of running “a huge line of IG images around the gallery” to one of the most complicated exhibitions we have ever mounted at Cassilhaus, Observare has grown to include five site specific installations installed by the artists, each interwoven with the architectural spaces. It is ironic that Philip’s digital Instagram images were our gateway to his practice, which is deeply rooted in traditional analog darkroom processes and a celebration of the photographic print as object. Similarly Elizabeth’s multiple series all are intimately tied to and incorporate the actual materials of the practice of traditional analog photography.

Download the Gallery Guide here.

Events

Artist Talk: Thursday, December 5th, 7:30 pm
Please RSVP to observaretalk@cassilhaus.com

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