Current Art Show
“Memento Vivere”
January 14 – February 9
Opening Reception: Saturday, January 18, 3-7 p.m.
Memento Vivere is a photography exhibition on view at Chroma Fine Art Gallery now through February 9. The opening reception will be held on January 18, from 3:00 – 7:00pm.
The exhibition’s theme invites viewers to “remember to live,” and features the photographers Rita Baunok, Arnie Kastenbaum, and Ruth Raskin. While each artist brings a unique perspective on this subject, there is an especially meaningful resonance regarding the work of Ruth Raskin, who passed away in the fall of 2024. “We must remember to make the most of life’s small moments,” muses curator Rita Baunok.
Rita Baunok derived the exhibition title from her newest photography series “Memento Vivere,” where she employs a pseudo-documentary style to craft a narrative about the tenderness of small, everyday moments. Several of these works are on display, allowing viewers to weave their own stories about relationships and ideas, people and places.
From Arnie Kastenbaum there is a selection of gelatin silver prints culled from three of his series “Common Objects,” “Things” and “Fractured.” To say Kastenbaum elevates the everyday is an understatement. He beautifies the most mundane subjects through his craft. By way of elegant compositions and a sumptuous gelatin silver printing technique, “Arnie’s work just takes your breath away,” says Baunok.
About 20 pieces from Ruth Raskin’s series entitled “My Shadow Self,” will be displayed, and her beautiful hardcover book will be for sale. This series represented a departure for the artist, explains Baunok. “She was never interested in portraits, let alone self-portraits. She preferred to photograph places and things.” But in “My Shadow Self” Raskin composes photographs with her shadow. “It is a way for me, a camera-shy photographer, to share something (but not too much) about myself. I invite the viewer to interpret what I am disclosing and what I am hiding in these dark, sometimes cryptic, sometimes lighthearted, photographs.”
Artist:
Rita Baunok
Arnie Kastenbaum
Ruth Raskin
Current Art Show
“Memento Vivere”
January 14 – February 9
Opening Reception: Saturday, January 18, 3-7 p.m.
Memento Vivere is a photography exhibition on view at Chroma Fine Art Gallery now through February 9. The opening reception will be held on January 18, from 3:00 – 7:00pm.
The exhibition’s theme invites viewers to “remember to live,” and features the photographers Rita Baunok, Arnie Kastenbaum, and Ruth Raskin. While each artist brings a unique perspective on this subject, there is an especially meaningful resonance regarding the work of Ruth Raskin, who passed away in the fall of 2024. “We must remember to make the most of life’s small moments,” muses curator Rita Baunok.
Rita Baunok derived the exhibition title from her newest photography series “Memento Vivere,” where she employs a pseudo-documentary style to craft a narrative about the tenderness of small, everyday moments. Several of these works are on display, allowing viewers to weave their own stories about relationships and ideas, people and places.
From Arnie Kastenbaum there is a selection of gelatin silver prints culled from three of his series “Common Objects,” “Things” and “Fractured.” To say Kastenbaum elevates the everyday is an understatement. He beautifies the most mundane subjects through his craft. By way of elegant compositions and a sumptuous gelatin silver printing technique, “Arnie’s work just takes your breath away,” says Baunok.
About 20 pieces from Ruth Raskin’s series entitled “My Shadow Self,” will be displayed, and her beautiful hardcover book will be for sale. This series represented a departure for the artist, explains Baunok. “She was never interested in portraits, let alone self-portraits. She preferred to photograph places and things.” But in “My Shadow Self” Raskin composes photographs with her shadow. “It is a way for me, a camera-shy photographer, to share something (but not too much) about myself. I invite the viewer to interpret what I am disclosing and what I am hiding in these dark, sometimes cryptic, sometimes lighthearted, photographs.”
Artist:
Rita Baunok
Arnie Kastenbaum
Ruth Raskin
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Previous Art Shows