re/thinking photography: Conceptual Photography from Texas (at HCP)

Two of Texas’ leading photographic arts organizations, FotoFest International and the Houston Center for Photography (HCP), come together again to present an exhibition highlighting Texas artists. re/thinking photography: Conceptual Photography from Texas.

re/thinking photography is a single exhibition split between the two venues:
FotoFest, at Silver Street Studios – 2000 Edwards Street, 77007
Houston Center for Photography – 1441 West Alabama, 77006

ARTISTS RECEPTIONS:
Friday, October 20, 2017 at FotoFest
Friday, October 27, 2017, at Houston Center for Photography.

On view at HCP: October 27 – December 3, 2017

FEATURED ARTISTS:
Bennie Flores Ansell (Houston)
Kalee Appleton (Dallas)
Drew Bacon (Houston)
Rabéa Ballin (Houston)
Rachel Cox (Dallas)
Joe Harjo (San Antonio)
Rosine Kouamen (Houston)
Peter Leighton (Austin)
MANUAL (Suzanne Bloom & Ed Hill) (Houston)
Mark Menjivar (San Antonio)
Bucky Miller (Austin)
Emily Peacock (Houston)
Molly Shigemoto (Dallas)
Sherwin Rivera Tibayan (Austin)
Kevin Todora (Dallas)
Nick Vaughan & Jake Margolin (Houston)

The exhibition is large and diverse, with a number of overlapping, intersecting themes, the unifying concept is a conceptual approach to photography, and a reframing of the medium.

“There is a rich tradition of conceptual photography in Texas,” says Steven Evans, FotoFest’s Executive Director. “This exhibition is an opportunity to focus on recent practice in this sophisticated scene, and to present the work in a context that illuminates a range of approaches and shared concerns.”

Ashlyn Davis, HCP’s Executive Director concurs, adding, “This is our chance to turn the spotlight on the most ambitious artists working in photography in the state. The collaborative nature of our curatorial approach this year allowed us to consider a rich diversity of artists who are all pushing the boundaries of what photography can do.”

Pictured: Bucky Miller (Austin) Person, 2016, from the series Canine Fields, pigment print on PhotoTex adhesive, courtesy of the artist.