Oscar Palacio: American Places - OPENING October 8, 2010

Opening reception Fri, Oct 8, 5:30-8pm; Exhibition on view through December 3, 2010

In American Places we'll see - displayed together for the first time - images from both of Oscar Palacio's recent bodies of work, History Revisited and Un-Familiar Territory. The works of History Revisited--sites of conquest, national pride, or shame--are juxtaposed against the works from Un-Familiar Territory, which show both the familiar and forgotten, the grandiose and banal, in sites closer to what we might associate with "home."

Mt. Rushmore. Gettysburg. Manzanar. The monumental structure built to house the historic site itself. The white picket fence whose shape mimics that of the stained glass windows behind it. Weathered fence boards carefully altered to accomodate the lean of a tree now chopped down. Palacio's images are gently humorous, allowing us entry to consider our relationship with the natural world.

"From our attempt to contain the wild to simulating the very nature we seek to destroy, my work focuses on the complex relationship between human beings and the natural world. These photographs continue my investigation of boundaries in the United States, from anonymous prosaic scenes of everyday life to popular historical sites. What do we choose to memorialize and how do the representational roles of both architecture and photography shape and form experience."

http://oscarpalacio.net

Exhibition dates:
CIIS Minna Street Center
October 8-December 3, 2010

Gallery Hours:
M-F 9:00AM-6:00PM
(except holidays)

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