Artist of the Month, Peter Harper Art: July 2004
Peter Harper Art, July 2004
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July 1, 2003
Broadway Windows Proposal: June 2003
Proposal for the New York University exhibition space within storefront windows. Proposed two 29′ x 9′-2″ murals, printed on vinyl and attached using grommets. Two New York City images from 2002: ‘Graffiti’ and ‘Chinatown’. The idea is that it would appear to be one long continuous image (though actually it would be in sections).
Proposal
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June 19, 2003
Mingled Moments: May 8 – 31, 2003
Solo Show
E3 Gallery, 47 E. 3rd St., NYC. 5/8-5/31/2003.
Reception: May 8, 6 – 8 pm.
I will be exhibiting 18 pieces from the New York, New Orleans, and New York series.
E3 Gallery was a wonderful little photography gallery in the East Village run by MaryAnn Fahey (now of Umbrella Arts). She rented out darkroom space at the gallery as well as hosted events. The gallery was in operation from the mid-1990’s to the mid-2000’s.
“Located in the heart of New York’s East Village, E3 Gallery’s alternative art space brings contemporary fine art photography to an ardent public on a continuing basis. Since opening in May 1994, E3 Gallery’s founder and director Maryann Fahey, has specialized in fine art photography of emerging and mid-career artists and has dedicated the gallery to promoting, documenting, and bringing to light the works of artists of our time.”
Press Listings
Press Release
SUSAN BOWEN – MINGLED MOMENTS
An Exhibit of Panoramic, Multi-Exposure Photography
Images Created with Inexpensive Holga Camera Lead ‘Anti Tech’ Movement to E3 Gallery
NEW YORK, April 15, 2003 — With just a $20 plastic camera called the Holga, artist Susan Bowen creates images that are innovative, fascinating and complex. By only partially advancing the film between exposures, the artist creates overlapping images in a long panoramic style that expresses a story full of energy and emotion, while still capturing moments frozen in time. The work brilliantly mimics the intense stimulation, urgency and uncertainty of contemporary urban life. By presenting variety in scale and space, the pictures, in both black and white and color, draw the viewer into a world of unexpected and unclear juxtapositions. The multiple exposures prove a revelation not only to the viewer but to the photographer as well, as the overlapping art is fully created while shooting the film and not produced in the studio, after the fact. The thrill of the unknown is a defining aspect of Bowen’s work.
Intrigued by the extreme simplicity of the Holga, a camera with only one f-stop and one shutter speed, Bowen joins the growing low-tech movement in photography, one that encourages artists to return to the basics, the old technology. The new trend alleviates the pressure to have the latest, greatest and most expensive camera equipment and can lead to art that re-introduces a very human factor into the photographic process.
Bowen, a Brooklyn resident, has a B.A. in fine-art from Allegheny College. She studied graphic design at the Corcoran School of Art and industrial design at Pratt Institute. Over the past year Bowen’s work has been exhibited extensively and has been accepted into several national competitions. This is her second solo show.
Exhibit: Susan Bowen: Mingled Moments
Date: May 8, 2003 – May 24, 2003
Location: E3 Gallery, 47 East 3rd Street, New York, New York 212-982-0882
Gallery Hours: Thursday – Sunday, 2-6 PM or by appointment
Reception: Thursday, May 8, 6-8 PM
Images can be viewed on the artist’s website: www.susanbowenphoto.com
The E3 Gallery has exhibited a wide range of photographers and other visual artists since opening in May of 1994. Ms. Bowen’s show marks the Gallery’s ninth anniversary. E3 Gallery’s founder and director Maryann Fahey has specialized in fine art photography of emerging and mid-career artists and has dedicated the gallery to promoting, documenting, and bringing to light the works of artists of our time.
E3 Gallery 47 E. 3rd Street New York NY 10003 212.982.0882 WWW.E3GALLERY.COM
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May 8, 2003
Krappy Kamera V: March 3 – 29, 2003
Soho Photo Gallery, 15 White Street, NYC. 3/4-3/29/2003.
Reception: Tuesday, March 2, 6 – 8 pm.
Juried by Monica Pollock of Soho Triad Fine Arts. Annual national plastic camera photography show. 1 piece: ‘Reflections to Go’.
This was the first time I exhibited a digitally printed image. I early on settled on doing digital C-prints instead of inkjet technology (liking the feel and lack of fragility of traditional photographic paper). This exhibit was still before I became a member of Soho Photo in 2006. The show was reviewed in the ‘New Jersey Star-Ledger’ and my work was mentioned.
‘Reflections to Go‘ as is probably clear is the reflections of buildings in the curved windows of a Volkswagen Beetle.
Star-Ledger Review
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March 4, 2003
Temporal Fusions: February 4 – 27, 2003
Solo Show
Jadite Galleries, 413 W. 50th St., NYC. 2/4-2/27/2003.
Reception: February 4, 6 – 8 pm.
This was my first solo show. I exhibited in the small room at the back of the gallery. The 18 pieces were mostly darkroom prints (done using an 8×10 enlarger). It is the only solo show I did of the smaller darkroom prints.
Listings
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February 4, 2003
TPS 11 National Competition
September 14 – 27, 2002
One Congress Plaza Lobby, 111 Congress Avenue, Austin, TX. 9/14-9/27/2002.
Reception: September 14, 6 – 8 pm.
Juried by Karen Sinsheimer, the photography curator of the Santa Barbara Museum of Art.
TPS is the Texas Photographic Society, a very active photography organization in Texas and beyond. They have numerous competitions and workshops and have a very informative newsletter.
The two prints in the show were darkroom prints (done with an 8×10 enlarger); I had not yet started printing digitally. 2 pieces: ‘8th Ave. Street Fair’, and ‘Reflections to Go’.
From the Catalog
A friend and I traveled to Texas for the opening of this my second show… and we went to New Orleans as well. This is when my New Orleans photos were taken.
A Few New Orleans Images (from this trip)
New Orleans Stroll
Gumbo File
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September 14 – 27, 2002
September 14 – 27, 2002
September 14, 2002
National Competition: June 4 – July 6, 2002
Soho Photo Gallery, 15 White Street, NYC. 6/4-7/6/2002.
Reception: Tuesday, June 3, 6 – 8 pm.
This was my first show! I was accepted into Soho Photo Gallery’s annual national photography competition (before I became a member).
Interesting note: When I submitted to the competition I submitted slides I took of contact prints… as at that point I had not yet made my first print (well since college anyway). And I was accepted!
The print I ultimately made for the exhibition was a gelatin-silver print done using an 8×10 enlarger.
This was amongst my first overlapping exposure Holga pictures, a Times Square image shot for a four-week class at the New School (where I was first introduced to the Holga).
Pictures of the Reception
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June 4, 2002
