RED WALL GALLERY presents CITIES OF STONE – PEOPLE OF DUST by Leslie Hossack: Photographer Leslie Hossack explores three iconic cities and three interrelated themes in this collection of images of Berlin, Jerusalem and Masada.
People of Dust
Vernissage: Friday August 5th, 2011, 18:00 – 21:00
On View: August 5th
Mon – Fri 10:00 -18:00, Sat 10:00-15:00
Having completed photographic studies of urban change and continuity in Paris in 2009, and National Socialist architecture in Berlin in 2010, Hossack felt compelled to travel to Israel in May 2011. Her photographic study of Nazi architecture in Berlin was a springboard to the current body of work, which looks at life today in Israel’s charged landscape.
Historically, both Berlin and Jerusalem have been referred to as “cities of stone” and Hossack’s scope also encompasses a third city of stone, the ancient hilltop fortress of Masada. Through the works in Cities of Stone–People of Dust she considers the architecture of memory and commemoration, the theme of loss, longing, and lamentation, and the question of inclusion and exclusion. I do hope that Cities of Stone – People of Dust will raise awareness and pose questions. The question that” kept running through my mind as I explored historic Berlin and modern Isreal was: at what cost?
At the 2010 X Ottawa Photography Festival, the Portfolio Review jury, unanimously selected Leslie Hossack to be awarded an exhibition in the Red Wall Gallery.www.spao.ca
ALSO COMING UP AT SPAO!
A+4An exhibition of work from students of the SPAO Part Time Studies Program.Deadline for submissions: 5PM on Friday August 5th, 2011http://www.spao.ca/specialevents.html
The Red Wall Gallery is located in SPAO at 168 Dalhousie, at the corner of Bruyère, in the Byward Market.
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Exhibition Dates: September 9th to September 19th, 2011
Opening and Awards Ceremony: September 9th, 2011, 6-9pm.
Submission Details can be found at
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