Art Beat
Casa’s new exhibits feature photography.
“ We’re featuring a series of photography exhibits which are here in conjunction with Exposure Fest,” noted curator Darcy Logan.
“So it’s a celebration of photography.”
U of L BFA graduate Angeline Simon looked into her family history for “With Warmest Regards” in the main gallery.
“Angeline explored archival photographs from her family history. She manipulated them to explore ideas of identity and culture,” he said, adding that examines the concept erasure.
“It’s about considering yourself while and your family while being separated by them geographically,” he continued.
“It’s about imagination and the effect of family moving,” he said.
The other half of the gallery features four suites of photographs, which make up Wes Bells’ “ On The Line.”
“ it is four bodies of work that reflect impermanence,” Logan said.
The first suite features stairs in various states of disrepair.
“He took these photographs of places people used to live in upstate new York,” said Logan, noting the Medicine Hat based Bell was a fashion photographer in places like New York and Milan before he moved back to where he was born.
“ They are of place people used to live and then fell into a state of disuse and disrepair,” he said.
