MEMENTO MORI | MEMENTO VIVERE
A joint exhibition by the Bay Area Photographers Collective and Samurai Foto Yokohama, Japan); Curated by Trisha Lagaso Goldberg
I created a new floor-based installation of “concrete photos” for this group show as a continuation of my series 6 Feet Apart. I led the first exchange BAPC did with Samurai Foto in 2018 in Yokohama (my first show in Japan!) and we’ve been trying ever since to find a way to host the group here in the Bay Area. After many Covid-related delays, we are so excited to have this show at the beautiful art center in Ross.
Caption for this installation:
6 Feet Apart: Memorial
Adhesive Pigment Prints & Concrete Sculptural Prints as Installation on Floor
90” DiameterThis typology investigates the ubiquitous ground markers directing people to stand 6 feet apart to prevent the spread of COVID-19. These markers are often just a single piece of tape adhered to a sidewalk, distressed from months of being stepped on.
The sculptural photographs reference mysterious structures like Stonehenge – or tombstone-like memorials. My photographic method of collecting. sorting, and classifying mirrors the scientific processes employed to fight the pandemic.
The documentary style offers a chance to reflect on how the pandemic changed us individually and as a society. it also highlights the irony of working together by staying
On View March 9 – April 21, 2024
Fridays & Saturdays 10 am–4 pm
Sundays 12-4 pm
In The Studio at Marin Art and Garden Center, Ross, CA (map)
Opening Reception: March 10 (Ikebana demonstration, 1–1:30pm; Reception, 1:30–3:30pm)
“Meet the Artist” series: Come ask the artists questions in this informal gallery setting. I’ll be there on Sunday, March 24, 1-4pm
Reception photos:
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- Marin Art and Garden Center, 2024
Curator’s Statment: The artworks in Memento Mori | Memento Vivere reflect the full spectrum between life and death and are as varied and complex as the seen and unseen forces active in the natural world around us. The exhibition is designed to highlight the intrinsic way of things—from tenuous beginnings, to a middle life that is pedestrian and glorious in equal measures, and an end that may be tragic or magical. As the viewer makes their way through each space, my hope is that these works serve as a reminder for all to embrace this moment as the unknown on the horizon draws near.
Artists talk
Video Tour
you can also see the full 17min video where I give a tour of the whole show. Or the 5 minute version showing just my work.
LINKS
- maringarden.org
- BAPC.photo
- Article in PacificSun where I am quoted “I’m a left-brain, right-brain kind of guy, and I found that photography combines these technical skills with a creative side as well,” Salomon explained. “I like the challenge, doing something different within that process and not just taking a picture and printing it, but also taking on a technical challenge to reach some other creative goal.”
- facebook event page
- Catalog at MagCloud
