Photo Mandalas : Bill Armstrong and Milan Fano Blatny at The Philadelphia Museum of Art
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While the mandala is an artistic form rarely associated with photography, a new exhibition at the Philadelphia Museum of Art, Photo Mandalas: Bill Armstrong and Milan Fano Blatny, will present more than thirty-five works by Armstrong (American, born 1952) and Blatny (Czech, born 1972), two contemporary photographers who have been inspired by this ancient symbol. The artists draw on the mandala concept in producing these images, although they have interpreted it liberally. While their technical approaches to representing the mandala are quite different, both Armstrong and Blatny employ the potent and universal symbol of forms emanating from a central core to inspire contemplation and wonder.
Bill Armstrong is a New York City based fine art photographer who has been shooting in color for over thirty years. He has been a photography instructor on the faculty of the International Center of Photography since 2001 and an adjunct professor of photography at the School of Visual Arts since 2003. Mr. Armstrong’s work is in numerous museum collections worldwide including the Philadelphia Museum of Art; the Brooklyn Museum; the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston; Santa Barbara Museum of Art; the Musée de l’Elysée in Lausanne; and the Centro Internazionale di Fotografia in Milan. Mr. Armstrong is represented by ClampArt.
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