Wrong Number
Olaf Breuning, Carter, Delia & Gavin, Luis Gispert, Anya Kielar, Kamau Patton, Lindsey White (curated by Keegan McHargue)
July 6 - 28, 2007
Opening reception: Friday, July 6th, 6-9pm
The Jack Hanley Gallery, San Francisco, is pleased to present a group show, titled Wrong Number, curated by artist Keegan McHargue. The exhibit will include an array of photographic and video work by artists Olaf Breuning, Carter, Delia & Gavin, Luis Gispert, Anya Kielar, Kamau Patton and Lindsey White.
Wrong Number brings together eight artists (six individuals and one pair) all pushing the boundaries of realism through the use of staged photography and, in most cases, self portraiture. The mimetic quality of the photographic medium allows for artists to, in a manner of speaking, become their concepts and concerns while simultaneously calling into question what or who is being represented. While some of the artists in the show make their presence known from behind the camera, others put themselves directly into the work, calling on the audience not only to confront the representational quality of the artwork but also the artist’s relative position to the work. Some choose to address the mundane through the extravagant while others use the everyday in place of the otherworldly. Regardless of the means to an end, each of the artists is inserting him/herself into a greater discourse on the nature of portraiture and, in particular, the precision or imprecision of the photographic medium.