I’m happy to have had two photographs included in artist / curator / gallerist / activist Todd Edward Herman's exhibition, Shame Radiant, at Redline Contemporary Art Center in Denver, Colorado. Redline is a non-profit that "fosters education and engagement between artists and communities to create positive social change." Shame Radiant was part of a larger concept, Three Acts: A Survey of Shame, Emotion, and Oblivion curated by photographer Mark Sink. It ran from March 6 – April 25.
Weather Series (Boy3), photograph digitally printed on archival paper, 2013.
Global Portraits Series (Gaza), photograph digitally printed on archival paper, 2012.
My conceptually-based photographs of repurposed media were sparked by the U.S. invasion of Iraq in 2003, a war which in turn has propagated wars that are never-ending, for which I feel deep sadness (and shame). My photographs continued (for years) to be inspired by violence (actual and psychological) around the world. To read more about them, please go here, and to see more like this go here.
There were many other powerful works in this show that looked at “deeply intimate, broadly political, emotional, physical, social, sexual, interpersonal, intergenerational and institutional aspects of shame.” The installation of these photographs was remarkable (see below).
Screen shot of Instagram post by @eastwindow1, "Shame Radiant opening night was a success." 2021.
Todd Herman also produced a book which includes 84 selections (including mine) from Shame Radiant, published by his own gallery, located in Boulder, called east window, which “opened its doors (its window actually) in May 2020." I'm looking forward to seeing the book, presumably with the same title! Thank you Todd!
Screen shot of Instagram post by @Shame_Radiant, 2021.
And there's more — a show that keeps on giving! Some of the works from Shame Radiant (including mine) were selected and virtually exhibited at Femme Salée's salon, an online intersectional platform which focuses "on feminist, queer, BIPOC, & disability body & mind experiences in the arts." Femme Salée, based in New Orleans, Los Angeles and Denver, is run by a collective of artists, writers, & curators for the "purpose of publishing an online art journal that resists mainstream culture." Check them out at femmesalee.com.
Screen shot of Instagram post by @eastwindow1, 2021.