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These Photographs are Fake!
Artists engaged in Misdirection, Deception and Falsehoods
In this time of uncertainty and indecision to focus on art is not exactly what it presents itself to be seems appropriate. The exhibit’s emphasis is on the medium of photography, once seen as a means of representing fact - although now not so much. Nonetheless photographs are what is being presented - if they can be trusted is a very different thing. These are strategic works that use the photograph as a device to deceive, craft fictions, parody and often with a sardonic wit to question social conventions. The earliest photographs in the show are circa 1920s with the most recent being from 2014. A time span that includes many technical innovations in photography and printing, as well as the evolution of art movements, all used to good effect by the artists. The artists included in the exhibition are Ernst Caramelle, Fred Ellenberger, Terry Fugate-Wilcox/Jean Freeman Gallery, Mike Kelley, Les Krims, Yves Klein, Nikki S. Lee, Linda Montano, Mark Patsfall, Barbara Pollack, Jim Shaw, Annie Sprinkle, Spiritualist Photography (Mina "Margery" Crandon), Elaine Sturtevant, Throbbing Gristle, TODT, and May Wilson.
Exhibition organized by Peter Huttinger, Volatile [redux] Art, Books and Editions
With support from the 2020 FotoFocus Biennial
Clay Street Press Gallery
1312 Clay Street
Cincinnati, Ohio 45202
Exhibit dates: September 24 through October 23
Hours: Saturdays from 2 to 4:30pm, and weekdays by appointment
Contact: huttinger@cinci.rr.com