Lundi 05 Octobre 2015 12:33:49 par Manon Roth dans Expositions

In honor of 40 years of exhibiting the best in contemporary photography, Blue Sky has received over 300 prints donated by an impressive roster of artists who have shown on our gallery walls and in the Pacific Northwest Photography Viewing Drawers. Many of the photographs in this exhibition are rare reprints from past Blue Sky shows, while others provide an exciting glimpse into these photographers’ current practices.

These generous gifts to the gallery will be for sale throughout the month of October at special anniversary pricing of $40…or any amount beyond this that you would like to spend. This is Blue Sky’s way of saying “thank you” to our regular visitors and members who have supported our mission throughout the years.

Thomas Alleman :

In the winter of 2010, artist Thomas Alleman traveled to Inner Mongolia to photograph the cities of Xiangshawan, Ordos City, and the capital, Hohhot. Sharing a national border with Russia, this northernmost autonomous region within China claims twelve percent of the country’s total land mass. It is also rich in natural resources, which has lead to an exponential increase in gas and oil exploration since the turn of the twenty-first century. In addition, the government has expanded efforts to relocate Han Chinese to the larger cities of the region in order to dilute the indigenous Mongol population. In this selection of 21 prints, the bleakness of winter, along with the dehumanizing effects of modernization, are rendered in stark black-and-white through Alleman’s plastic lens, while the soft focus and vignetting inherent to the Holga camera heightens a sense of longing for a way of life that has already been lost.

Thomas Alleman