TAM Opening Reception: March 28, 2015

The Torrance Art Museum at the Joslyn Center (TAM) invites the public to attend the Opening Reception of Second Sight: New Representations in Photographyand John Hyatt: My Brush with Angels on Saturday, March 28 from 6 to 9 p.m.

The opening reception is free to the public and no RSVP is necessary. The exhibitions will be on view from Tuesday, March 31 through Thursday, May 14. The museum is open Tuesday through Saturday from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m.

Main Gallery: Second Sight: New Representations in Photography, curated by Chris Reynolds.

Second Sight refers to the apparent power to perceive things that are not present to the senses. Conversely, this term is also adopted by theorist Roland Barthes in his criticism and theorization on photography, Camera Lucida: Reflections on Photography. Barthes states that the “photographer’s ‘second sight’ does not consist in ‘seeing’ but in being there”.Second Sight: New Representations in Photography ventures beyond our preconceived perceptions of what is and what is not photography today. Whether they investigate photographic image-making as object, history, truth, or trompe l’oeil, these artists challenge, push, and ultimately expand upon the lexicon of photography. Participating artists include Kate Bonner, Chris Engman, Sean C. Flaherty, Megan Flanders, Ken Gonzales-Day, Valerie Green, Soo Kim, Nikki S. Lee, Joshua Mark Logan, Gina Osterloh and Nancy Popp.

Gallery Two: John Hyatt: My Brush with Angels

John Hyatt is a foremost British artist with an international profile. Hyatt has exhibited paintings, prints, digital movies and rapid prototype sculptures in the UK, Australia, China, Japan, Portugal, Germany, Brazil, USA and India. He is an influential educator and cult musician. John Hyatt: My Brush with Angels, presents a new body of paintings that Hyatt describes as “beyond time and space.”

For additional information, visit the website at http://www.torranceartmuseum.com/ or call 310-618-3846.

The Torrance Art Museum is located at 3320 Civic Center Drive in Torrance.

Source: Press Release

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