Ghostly Echoes Invitational Exhibition September 1, 2009

'Ghostly Echoes,' this year's Invitational Exhibition, features the work of four local photographers, three of whom were selected from the 2008 Evanston+Vicinity Biennial. While these artists observe and record very different aspects of change, from the concrete to ghostly vapor, they all share the conceptual thread of decay and loss, the residue of a culture's artifacts. Reflecting this theme are representations of the detritus of abandoned places, in which spectral environments act as metaphors for a lost past or past lives, where spaces can engender a feeling of uneasiness and disquietude in the observer. These large-scale images, in all their narrow focus and specificity, bear witness to the recent disintegration of the social fabric in our world.