Abstract Nature
Curated by Bruce Brown
Carl Hyatt, Portsmouth Harbor Salt Pile (2017), archival silver gelatin print, 12” x 15”
February 25 - April 24, 2021
About The Show
"Our human tragedy is that we are unable to comprehend our experience, it slips through our fingers, we can't hold on to it, and the more time passes, the harder it gets...My father said that the natural world gave us explanations to compensate for the meanings we could not grasp. The slant of the cold sunlight on a winter pine, the music of water, an oar cutting the lake and the flight of birds, the mountains' nobility, the silence of the silence. We are given life but must accept that it is unattainable and rejoice in what can be held in the eye, the memory, the mind." - Salman Rushdie
Nature, by definition, is not abstract. Abstraction is a human construct, derived from Latin roots meaning "to draw away from." However, abstraction does not "draw away from" the essence of a subject. To the contrary, it is the process of removing characteristics from a subject to explore such essence; to limit or manipulate what is experienced to feel the greater whole.
This exhibition, curated by Bruce Brown, features the work of five artists who, through the focus of their cameras or manipulation of their images, present the natural world in beautiful and unexpected ways. Although the viewer may not immediately recognize the natural world in any given image, she will feel nature throughout the show.
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