Post-Photography: Beyond the Print at Target Gallery

In a new Target Gallery exhibition, 15 artists experiment with alternative applications of traditional photographic images through a variety of work in wood, glass, fabric, and other media. Post-Photography: Beyond the Print is on view Saturday, October 25, through Sunday, November 30, at the Torpedo Factory Art Center.

The bulk of the work included in this exhibition does not consist of traditional prints. The photographs becomes the source material these artists use to create a physical object or a narrative space in an image for the viewer to explore.

“In this age of social media, the bulk of the photographs we see will more likely momentarily exist to capture just enough of our attention to become the building blocks of our understanding of the world,” said Scott Hazard, juror for Post Photography. “Our physical realities compete with this vast constructed world that’s comprised more and more of other people’s images. Seeing photographs as artistic material rather than final product is a trend that’s traversing the fringes of contemporary photographic practices and it is an exciting vein to mine.”

The exhibition features the work of 15 artists from across 11 states:

· Brian DeLevie, Denver, Colorado

· Kristin Furbeck, Hamilton, New Jersey

· Rachel Guardiola, Baltimore, Maryland

· Stephen Jensen, Antioch, Illinois

· Tasha Lewis, New York, New York

· Scott Ludwig, Boone, North Carolina

· Curtis Miller, Chicago, Illinois

· Barbara Milot, Turners Falls, Massachusetts

· Jordie Oetken, Louisville, Kentucky

· Liesl Pfeffer, Brooklyn, New York

· Alessia Resta, New York, New York

· Rahshia Sawyer, Sterling, Virginia

· John Sousa, Springboro, Ohio

· Adam Welch, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

”There have been a lot of very exciting advancements in photography in the past few years and it’s wonderful to see these artists using the medium in such innovative new ways,” said Kaitlyn Ward, Target Gallery director.

The Target Gallery is open daily from 10 – 6 pm and until 9 pm on Thursdays. For more information, visit torpedofactory.org/target.

About the Juror

Scott Hazard is an artist based in Raleigh, North Carolina. He has exhibited his work at venues including CAM Raleigh, Raleigh, NC; the Second Street Gallery, Charlottesville, VA; Flanders Gallery, Raleigh, NC; Davidson College, Davidson, NC; Roanoke College, Salem, VA; Goucher College, Towson, MD; Atlantic Center for the Arts, Atlantic Beach, FL; GreenHill Center for NC Art, Greensboro, NC; and Artspace in Raleigh, NC. In addition, his work has been featured in a number of magazines and online publications, including The Wild Magazine, Glamcult, Monster Children, BOOOOOOOM, Juxtapoz, Hi-Fructose, and Colossal. He is the recipient of a 2012-2013 Artist Fellowship in Visual Arts from the North Carolina Arts Council.

About Target Gallery

Target Gallery is the contemporary exhibition space for the Torpedo Factory Art Center. The gallery promotes high standards of art by continuously exploring new ideas through a variety of visual media in a rotating schedule of national and international exhibitions. The gallery is open daily from 10 – 6 pm and until 9 pm on Thursdays.

About the Torpedo Factory Art Center

Founded in 1974 in an old munitions plant, the Torpedo Factory Art Center is home to the largest number of publicly accessible working artist studios in the U.S. The organization’s mission is to foster connections between artists and the public that ignite the creative spirit. Just south of Washington, D.C., the Torpedo Factory Art Center overlooks the Potomac River in the Old Town section of Alexandria, Va. Each year, more than a half million national and international visitors meet and interact with more than 160 resident artists in 82 working studios and six galleries. The Torpedo Factory Art Center is also home to The Art League School and the Alexandria Archaeology Museum. For more information visit torpedofactory.org or follow the Torpedo Factory Art Center on Twitter, Facebook, and Instagram via @torpedofactory.

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