I had some panoramic photos in this exhibition from 2010 that got 2 interesting reviews.
First a full review at the SF Examiner by Jordy Jones (SF Photography & Culture writer):
“If nature is the thesis and culture its antithesis, the work here approaches post-millennial landscape photography as synthesis.
Bulldozers, garbage, graffiti, murals, shopping carts, and other urban detritus share photographic space with greenery and sky. The latter barely peek through. These traditional signifiers of landscape can reappear under the manufactured gloss of our environment.
Most of the artists in this exhibit tackle aspects of urban and suburban environments. Alan George’s plastic snoopers casually enter the laws of the consuming beast. Jonah, meet Jaws. It is really nothing more than the gaping front entrance of an outlet called “Souvenir City,” inexplicably configured to resemble the open mouth of a man-eating shark. The pastel, on-the-rack outfits of the bait-like customers match the hues of the bizarre building, making them look even more like sugary snacks for the plaster monster. The stars and stripes wave in the breeze atop the fishy building…as does the only rocker. Heave ho!
According to the exhibition statement:
“Living day-to-day in this hyperkinetic 21st-century world, it’s hard to find places that are not synthetic. While the natural is revered and sought after commonly, very little we encounter is in an unmarked or pristine state.
If our world is synthetic and the environments we encounter are manufactured, artificial, and put together, what does this say about our place in the world? How does living in a world of artifice affect us? What objects do we revere, and what artifacts represent us?”
The participating artists in Synthetic Environments are David Broom, Tom DeCarlo, Alan George, Eric Larsen, Tom Levin, Eric Malone, Charlotte Niel, Ari Salomon, Kay Taneyhill, and Kirk Thompson. The exhibit runs through April 29, 2010.”
see also: full article JPG
Alan Bamberger at ArtBusiness.com also mentions the exhibition on his site:
Synthetic environments as depicted in this group show refer to manmade riffs on what once was Mother Nature.
ArtBusiness.com mention: Catharine Clark, Mina Dresden, Michael Rosenthal, Root Division, Eleanor Harwood, Guerrero, Parisoma, Warehouse Gallery (Oakland) – San Francisco California Art Galleries Events: April 10, 2010.
