Currently at Rhetorical Galleries
Dani Godreau, Kari Wehrs, and Ben Willis at the phICA Shipping Containers
Rhetorical Galleries Presents three installation artists to the phICA Shipping Containers for mid-September to mid-October, 2016. Dani Godreau presents All That Remains, Kari Wehrs gives us Shot, and Ben Willis has created #groundrules The exhibitions open on Third Friday, September 16, 2016 with a closing reception on First Friday, October 7, 2016. Hours are 6-10pm.
All That Remains by Dani Godreau
‘All That Remains’ is a paper installation exploring the fragility of human life, death and grief. In this piece my body and work are depicted as wafer- thin, tender, and translucent, prone to blemishes and tears and above all- unfinished. The ephemeral material nature of paper confronts the viewer with the process and the presence of death in order to reveal the inevitable result of the passage of time. This installation monumentalizes modern funerary rites and seeks to transmute our collective anxiety about death into a momentary shared splendor.
Shot by Kari Wehrs
In an attempt to explore one aspect of gun culture, I set up my darkroom tent and tintype gear at known target shooting locations in the Arizona desert. I create participants’ tintype portraits and then the subjects use the object as a shooting target.
Tintypes were the primary form of photography during the American Civil War — a time when the country was divided by geography and beliefs. Soldiers often posed for their tintype in uniform and with weaponry.
My use of this form of photography in contemporary time elaborates on these connections to history, particularly an America that currently exhibits a divide in the complex ideologies relating to gun culture.
#groundrules by Ben Willis
Ben Willis invites you to visit #groundrules a pattern installation that explores contemporary art culture both in person and on the internet.
Step inside a shipping container filled with repetitive, colorful, reflective and sparkly surfaces. Take selfies, be seen, get likes, but don't cross the line—literally or figuratively. If you have time, you could look at the art.
You are being observed. Only the best posts, hashtags, comments and emojis will be recognized. Sensors and censors will sound and delete if you go too far.
All That Remains by Dani Godreau
‘All That Remains’ is a paper installation exploring the fragility of human life, death and grief. In this piece my body and work are depicted as wafer- thin, tender, and translucent, prone to blemishes and tears and above all- unfinished. The ephemeral material nature of paper confronts the viewer with the process and the presence of death in order to reveal the inevitable result of the passage of time. This installation monumentalizes modern funerary rites and seeks to transmute our collective anxiety about death into a momentary shared splendor.
Shot by Kari Wehrs
In an attempt to explore one aspect of gun culture, I set up my darkroom tent and tintype gear at known target shooting locations in the Arizona desert. I create participants’ tintype portraits and then the subjects use the object as a shooting target.
Tintypes were the primary form of photography during the American Civil War — a time when the country was divided by geography and beliefs. Soldiers often posed for their tintype in uniform and with weaponry.
My use of this form of photography in contemporary time elaborates on these connections to history, particularly an America that currently exhibits a divide in the complex ideologies relating to gun culture.
#groundrules by Ben Willis
Ben Willis invites you to visit #groundrules a pattern installation that explores contemporary art culture both in person and on the internet.
Step inside a shipping container filled with repetitive, colorful, reflective and sparkly surfaces. Take selfies, be seen, get likes, but don't cross the line—literally or figuratively. If you have time, you could look at the art.
You are being observed. Only the best posts, hashtags, comments and emojis will be recognized. Sensors and censors will sound and delete if you go too far.