Friday, April 13, 2012

Last call: FotoFest must-sees

Readers who have tackled "Finnegans Wake," James Joyce's cryptic final novel, may recall its confounding nature upon viewing a more recent "Finnegans Wake" at Moody Gallery. If you have time only for a snapshot tour of Fotofest's riches during the event's final weeks, this is a must-see - full of conceptually and technically intriguing images hung with an impeccable sense of flow. [...] like a visual gem of exceptional clarity, much larger than lifesize (the framed archival pigment print is about 34 by 44 inches), the page is layered over what appears to be an early edition of Joyce's book, which is splayed open so that you can read the title on the spine. Armstrong creates collages with concentric rings of colored paper and sets his camera lens at infinity to achieve fuzzy photographs that nearly vibrate off the walls. In his notes, Carter says an eye ailment has brought him to a place that's flat, two-dimensional and "scattered with black holes, mottled shapes, sparkles and occasional light shows." Celebrating scientific efforts to preserve natural species at seed banks, she has received a Guggenheim Fellowship to continue the project next year. About 40 commercial galleries are displaying works that run the gamut from traditional portraiture and documentary photography to photo-based art in mixed media.

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