Wednesday, July 3rd, from 5-7:30 p.m., Westerly Library’s Hoxie
Gallery (44 Broad St, Westerly, RI) will be hosting an opening for its July
exhibit, featuring work by local CT photographer Jerry Reed. Reed states “Over time,
I have come to see that what motivates me is the result of my having redirected
how I make images, turning from the externally directed position of witness to
that of author. In so doing, I accept the entire authorship of the creative
process from my creation of the paper sculpture to making of the fine art
print.”
Some contemporary, notable practitioners
of this directorial process are Andy Goldsworthy, Gretchen Garner, and Gregory Crewdson,
an adjunct professor at Yale. “Paper Work, my current three-year project, is comprised
of twenty-six images. In my studio, I shape two-dimensional art papers giving
them edges and volumes, then light them dramatically using Fresnel lighting to
emphasize their three-dimensional forms. I draw the images or sometimes they
just come to me.” They are photographed with a camera that is capable of
producing very large images.
