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15/6/2005

Three solo photography shows

Rena Bransten Gallery, San Francisco

Uta Barth, Philip Kwame Apagya and Eirik Johnson

During June and July, the Rena Bransten Gallery (77 Geary Street, San Francisco, CA 94108) will feature three solo photography shows of works of Uta Barth, Philip Kwame Apagya, and Eirik Johnson.

Uta Barth's new images focus on flowers in jars photographed on a white desk over many months. Her intention was to mimic that quick glance one takes in passing, to pause that moment, and allow the slow play of light and time to provide a contemplative visual experience. Barth's exhibit will include diptychs and triptychs which she says "are occasionally interrupted by bright red optical afterimages and that bright flash of color we see, as we close and rest our eyes, if only for a moment". Barth had a survey exhibition at Site Santa Fe earlier this year. Phaidon published a separate book of those images entitled "Uta Barth". Her work will be included in an exhibit at the Cleveland Museum of Art this summer.

Philip Kwame Apagya is a Ghanaian artist whose color photographs reflect a contemporary twist on traditional West African portraiture. In Apagya's photos, subjects interact with his brightly painted 2-D backdrops, interiors and exteriors that catalogue the trappings and accoutrement of an affluent international culture. Subjects inhabit faux living rooms showing library shelves or consoles stuffed with expensive electronics, or chat on cell phones standing before home computers, or prepare to board that international flight to happiness. While Apagya's photographs reflect a young and prosperous generation of consumers, one can imagine that for some, the photographs also present a "reality" beyond their means. His works have been exhibited at the Museum of World Culture in Sweden, the Sheldon Art Galleries in Nebraska, and the Philadelphia Museum of Art, to name a few.

Eirik Johnson will be showing color photographs from his series, Borderlands and West Oakland Walk. In both, he focuses upon physical areas where opposites do not meet but interact with unusual juxtapositions. His Borderlands photos record small but surprising events taking place in the terrain around open land and new development. The West Oakland Walk photos show curious urban/suburban connections and relationships. In August, Borderlands will be exhibited at the Museum of Contemporary Photography in Chicago. A catalogue will accompany the exhibit.

Opening reception: Thursday, June 16, 5:30-7:30pm

Rena Bransten Gallery
77 Geary Street - San Francisco
Gallery hours are Tuesday through Friday 10:30 to 5:30 and Saturday 11:00 to 5:00.

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