Lines: Crossed and Walked and Otherwise

Lines. They are all around us, Look up. Look down. Real lines are everywhere, from telephone wires to sidewalk crevasses. But there are metaphorical lines in our lives, too. Lines drawn in the sand, punch lines, age lines. For this juried exhibition, we sought photographs in any style or medium featuring lines of any kind. Juror Kirsten Rian selected forty photos for exhibition at PhotoPlace Gallery and an additional thirty-five photos for the gallery’s Online Annex. All selected work will be included in a full-color exhibition catalog available for purchase. To help artists defray costs, PhotoPlace Gallery offers to mat and frame work selected for exhibition free of charge, providing artists print their images to our pre-cut mat and frame sizes.

Juror's Statement:

It’s negotiation. That constant balance of where to step, where to place one’s heart, how to remember, what to remember, what to move toward. The photographers selected for this exhibition notice the literal, as well as metaphorical, lines. Gorgeous alliance of geometry and light are pronounced in some of the images, while narrative of boundaries, or genealogy, or caught moments inhabit others. But each of these photographs celebrates noticing where one stands. And in a world where a maddening pace and difficult turns of life events often wrap constrictingly around and around a day, these artists pull on that thread, loosen the bind.

--Kirsten Rian

LINES: CROSSED AND WALKED AND OTHERWISE

Photos chosen for exhibition at PhotoPlace Gallery

All photographs are copyright of the individual artists and may not be reproduced without their permission

Markam Keith Adams Montclair, NJ line
Geoffrey Agrons Kensington, CA Chordae Tendinae
Rebecca Akporiaye Portland, OR Family Tree
Frank Armstrong West Boylston, MA West Boylston, Massachussets, 2000
Drora Bashan Herzliya, Israel Untitled
Kay Beausoleil Quebec, Quebec, Canada Training
Sally Brophy Provincetown, MA Duneshack
Bill Bruzy Austin, TX Red Line
Goseong Choi Brooklyn, NY Untitled (Meji 9724)
Michele Colletti Andover, CT Out to Lunch
Francis Crisafio Pittsburgh, PA Ben & Tony
Dave E. Dondero Lafayette, CA Jewish Deportation Memorial, Borgo San Dalmazzo, Italy, 2011
Miska Draskoczy Brooklyn, NY Kutchan Apartments
Dominik Dunsch Frankfurt, Germany P and S in the Park
Ellen Semb Hagen Hosle, Norway Lines 2
Mark Indig Valley Village, CA LAX4
Leslie Inman Lincoln, NH Paths Crossing
Robert Katz Albuquerque, NM Wall and Clouds
Max Kellenberger San Francisco, CA Tennis Wall
Chuck Kimmerle Casper, WY Turn Rows
Linda Koopman Alkmaar, The Netherlands Reed, Schermer
Georg Kuettinger Muenchen, Germany Zeeland
David Lambert Berkley, MI Great Smoky Mountains NP, from the series Inside, Out
E. Andrew Lindsay Crawley Down, West Sussex, UK Nine AM - M
Susan Lirakis Center Sandwich, NH Laundry, Lagarkot
Mary McCloskey Oak Park, IL Morning Blind
Amanda Mortimer Clearwater, FL The Grand Entrance (The Louvre, Paris)
Roberta Neidigh Sacramento, CA Pink and Blue
David Newsom Los Angeles, CA unalaska #3
Victoria Piersig Toronto, Ontario, Canada Umbrellas 2007
Donna Rosser Fayetteville, GA Window Service
Cintia A.M. Segovia Woodland Hills, CA Bridge of Memory
Denis Sivack Brooklyn, NY Borders, Cabs, and Night Rain
Kristina Smith Denton, TX The Silence was Deafening from the series, The Place Between Sleep and Awake
Taber Szuluk New York, NY Gas Stash
Rivka Tabak Herzliya, Israel Untitled
Sieglinde Van Damme San Jose, CA "Let me tell you a story..." (video still)
Raphael Warshaw Fairfax, VA Ashokan Dam 5
Mike Whiteley Longmont, CA Abe, Mission: Wolf, Colorado
Lu Zhang Ottawa, Ontario, Canada Ice

LINES: CROSSED AND WALKED AND OTHERWISE

The Online Gallery Annex

All photographs are copyright of the individual artists and may not be reproduced without their permission

	Bob Avakian Edgartown, MA Read between the Lines
	Joan Barrett Whitesboro, NY Where the Black Rope Leads
	Lisa Blair Santa Fe, NM Uneven
	Susan Cardona Woodstock, NY Gregory's Lines
	Jodi Coleman Portland, OR Crane
	Dawn Currie Indian Harbour Beach, FL Basket Weaver
	Gerry Davis Williston, VT Bending Lines
	Gina de la Chesnaye Brooklyn, NY The Grainery
	Emmylu Elliott Portland, OR Untitled
	Kenneth C. Evans Maple Park, IL Untitled
	Claudia Fainguersch Buenos Aires, Argentina Ruling Lines
	Jeff Gebauer Albuquerque, NM Acceptance 3
	Susan Goldstein Denver, CO The New American West: California
	Steven Discoll Hixson Madison, WI Crosswalk
	Patricia Houghton Clarke Santa Barbara, CA Husband and Wife
	Andrew Ilachinski Springfield, VA Simplicity
	Ronit Ilan Plano, TX Longfellow Drive
	Ashley M. Jones Savannah, GA Old Herb Shoppe Interior
	Hugh Jones Arlington, VA NY, NY
	Morrow Jones New Hartford, CT Trapeze School
	Joan M. Ladendorf Hanover Park, IL Zigzag
	Samantha Lawrie Auburn, AL Wetumpka: Grid
	Geneviève Massé Montréal, Québec, Canada Shifted 10/23/12 San Francisco, CA
	Diego Navarro Boston, MA Urban
	Jean Noon Springvale, ME Lobsta Lines
	Nikolaj Petersen Puebla, Mexico Colour Lines
	Richard B. Phelps Midlothian, VA (Untitled) #16
	Cecilia Portal Albuquerque NM White on Asphalt #5 from the series the Life of White
	Ryuten Paul Rosenblum San Anselmo, CA Schwarzwald Snowscape
	Casey Sills Evanston, IL Untitled 042
	Wendy Simmons Brooklyn, NY Dorob National Park, Erongo Region (formerly Damaraland), Namibia
	Kathleen Taylor Santa Fe, NM Three Branches
	John R. Van Beekum Miami Shores, FL Raffles Hotel, Placerville
	Allison Webber San Francisco, CA 6th Street Laundry, San Francisco
	Nick Winkworth Menlo Park, CA Wet/Dry