PHIG 2007 Group Show: Prospectus
Pacific Art League, Norton Gallery
Show Dates: August 1-31, 2007
Show Title: Captured Light
Reception: Friday, August 3rd, 6-9pm, Awards at 7pm
Overview: The Photography Interest Group (PHIG) is composed of photographers affiliated with the Pacific Art League. All Pacific Art League members are welcome to enter this juried photography show. All photographic-based media are accepted (film, digital & manipulated).
Key Dates:
* Artwork drop off at Pacific Art League, Norton Gallery, 2nd floor
Tuesday July 31st 1-6pm and Wednesday August 1st, 9am - noon
* Jury and hang the show, Wednesday, August 1st 1-5pm
* Reception and Awards, Friday, August 3, 6-9pm, Awards at 7pm
* Artwork pick up at Pacific Art League, Storage room
from September 1st-10th during Art League business hours.
The Juror: nationally recognized, fine art photographer, Robert Buelteman.
Fees and Requirements:
* You must be a member of the Art League to participate
* Entry fee is $15 per framed piece, $20 for two, or $25 for three framed pieces
* Limited to 3 works maximum (the juror may choose to include 1, 2 or none)
* All frames must be no larger than 30" in either dimension
* Use of black frames and white mats for a uniform look is strongly encouraged
* All works must be framed and ready to hang (with a wire)
* The Art League takes a 40% commission on any sales from the show
* All work must be for sale
* All work must be clearly labeled with your name, title, and price
* Any work not picked up after Sept 10th 2007 becomes Art League property
* Entry fees will be used to:
Produce a show postcard
Compensate the juror and the winners
Provide snacks and drinks for the reception
More Info: For further information, please email phig@pacificartleague.org or contact Pete Zivkov, 650-533-8862.
Show Juror: Robert Buelteman
is committed to the great things in life as reflected in his photographs, which portray the universe as designed and life as purposeful. His print work is a powerful extraction of beauty and substance revealing unrecognized dimensions in the commonplace.
Buelteman developed his love of the landscape as a child growing up in the small town of Woodside on the peninsula south of the city of San Francisco. From his family home he looked out on the Santa Cruz Mountains, whose deep canyons, redwood groves, and daily tides of ocean-borne fog inspired the veneration of life and light that appear in his work today.
He has published 9 photographic portfolios in his twenty-five years behind the camera, and three of these, A Vision of Life (1988), The Unseen Peninsula (1994), and Eighteen Days in June (2000), were published as books. His most recent book was based on a body of work he created while at the Djerassi Resident Artists Program in 1996.
In 1999, Buelteman left photographic tradition behind in creating Through the Green Fuse, a portfolio of extraordinary images made without the use of cameras, lenses, or computers. As a result of the success of this new work, Rob was invited to work as the Artist-in-Residence at the Santa Fe Institute in New Mexico in 2003.
He has received accolades from institutions as diverse as the United States Congress, the Commonwealth Club of California, and the Natural Resources Defense Council.
His work can be found in public and private collections worldwide, including the Yale University Art Museum, Santa Barbara Museum of Art, Bank of America, Xerox, and Nikon.
Show Press Release
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE - June 18 2007
Pacific Art League
668 Ramona Street
Palo Alto, CA 94301
650-321-3891
Contact: Pete Zivkov, phig@pacificartleague.org, 650-533-8862
"CAPTURED LIGHT"
Photographers Interest Group (PHIG)
2007 Annual Juried Group Show
August 1-31, 2007
Opening Reception: 6-9pm, Awards 7pm, Friday, August 3rd,
Norton Gallery (Upstairs), Pacific Art League, 668 Ramona St. Palo Alto, CA 94301
Overview: More than forty fine art photographers explore the theme of “Captured Light” in this annually juried photography show. Black and white, and color artworks featuring a variety of photographic processes will be on display from August 1st to the 31st at the Pacific Art League’s Norton Gallery at 668 Ramona Street in Palo Alto. Hours are 9-5pm Monday-Friday and 10-4pm on Saturdays.
The public is invited to an opening reception with the artists on Friday, August 3rd, from 6-9pm. The show’s juror, Robert Buelteman, a nationally recognized fine art photographer, will comment on the show and award prizes at 7pm.
The Photography Interest Group (PHIG) is composed of more than 100 amateur and professional photographers affiliated with the Pacific Art League. Established in 2002, PHIG provides a forum for discussion and exchange between aspiring fine art photographers located on the San Francisco peninsula. The group is open to photographers at all levels of experience and promotes the sharing of practical information through monthly meetings and annual group shows.
The Pacific Art League is an educational, nonprofit organization whose mission is to promote the understanding, appreciation, and creation of art as a way of enriching our community and making art an integral part of our society.
For further information, please see:
Pacific Art League - www.pacificartleague.org
Photographers Interest Group - www.zivkov.com/pete/PHIG.html
Robert Buelteman – www.buelteman.com
Contact: Pete Zivkov, phig@pacificartleague.org, 650-533-8862.
PHIG 2007 Juried Group Show: Juror Comments by Robert Buelteman
It is both a challenge and a delight to curate a show such as this. For this particular exhibition, I looked for artwork in which “Captured Light” not only defined the overall impression of the piece, but was also PRESENT – a living, breathing presence in the print itself. I describe presence as being similar to the distinction between being in love and reading about it – similar only in theory, and worlds apart in our experience of it.
As Edwin Land said many years ago:
“The challenge of making a non-sentimental statement about a grand insight into the abstract is multiplied a thousand fold when the components of the subject have names and reminiscences to characterize them: tree and twig, brook and boulder.
Components assembled, furthermore, not as accidents, but in their natural habitat as ordinary beautiful arrangements.
The photographer demonstrates that there is no greater aesthetic power than the conversion of the familiar into the unbelievably new.”
Best in Show:
First Place:
Grand Canal, Linda Fitch, Silver-Selenium Gelatin Print
This is a simple image of an all-too-often photographed subject, executed in such a way that the resulting experience is greater than the sum of its parts. The well-crafted richness of the print deepens the beauty and mystery of the scene. This is a piece Land could have used as an example in the quote above.
Second Place:
Door and Window, Richard Stultz, Archival Pigment Print
Simplicity and complexity, hard edge and soft edge, the mundane and the extraordinary, all captured in a single image that speaks to the perfection of the moment.
Third Place:
Sunlight, Patrick Point, John Eaton, Archival Pigment Print
Life and light bursting through the coastal forest - a familiar subject made new by the presence of light.
Honorable Mention:
Grey Virga, Ittoqqortoormiit, Joe Decker, Chromogenic Print
The power, beauty and mystery of ancient nature.
Pescadero Creek, Marvin Wax, Archival Pigment Print
A painterly study of what would otherwise be an ordinary scene, made new through the photographer’s eyes.
Lyric O, Mary Gow, Silver Gelatin Silver Photogram
Pure invention, challenging the viewer to consider the possibilities of the image.
Robert Buelteman – www.buelteman.com
PHIG 2007 Group Show: Juried Artists and Photos
Photographer Title Media
Ryan Bush Syzygy #6 Archival Pigment Print
Larry Calof Ceremonial Dancers Archival Pigment Print
Evan Cate #17 Archival Pigment Print
Joe Decker Gray Virga Chromogenic Print
Adrienne Defendi Heart of America, 2006 Archival Pigment Print
Godfrey DiGiorgi Ladder and Wall Archival Pigment Print
Gil Draper Light Beams, Tunitas Creek Archival Pigment Print
John Eaton Sunlight Archival Pigment Print
Linda Fitch Grand Canal, Venice No 5 Silver Gelatin Print, Selenium Toned
Rebecca Fogg Inflow Inkjet Print, Watercolor, Pencil
Chris Golson Sunday Morning, Half Moon Bay Archival Pigment Print
MaryGow Lyric O Silver Gelatin, Photogram
Yao-pi Hsu Ripple One Archival Pigment Print
Connie Juel Out of the Void Archival Pigment Print
LisaLeinbaugh Lily Ponds, Japanese Garden Archival Pigment Print
Carol Matre Beach in Winter, Dog Archival Pigment Print
Patrick Moran Fort Point II Archival Pigment Print
Michael Mulcahy Exiting the Café After Tea Archival Pigment Print
MikeNewton Winter Oaks Archival Pigment Print
Darwin Poulos Looking Up Silver Gelatin Print
FredRoessler 1321 Harbor Bay Parkway Silver Gelatin Print
Gabrielle Rondell Shimmering Walk Chromogenic Print
Larry Shapiro Mountain View Station Archival Pigment Print
JackSimon Reflection Archival Pigment Print
Cindy Stokes Adobe III Silver Gelatin Print
Donald Stone Lake Bohinj Archival Pigment Print
Rick Stultz Door and Window Archival Pigment Print
Bob Terrebonne Sunset above the Clouds Archival Pigment Print
Sarah Thompson Rocks and Boulders Archival Pigment Print
Jerry Tomanek Dancing Dots Archival Pigment Print
Marvin Wax Pescadero Creek Archival Pigment Print
Pete Zivkov Santa Cruz Boardwalk Archival Pigment Print on Canvas