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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: Rebecca Lewis | p 412-431-1810, ext. 12 | e rlewis@silvereye.org Sarah Hobbs: Out of Mind Opens January 25th at the Silver Eye Center for Photography Neuroses, phobias and obsessions visualized in large-scale color photographs PITTSBURGH, Pa., 1/4/10 - The Silver Eye Center for Photography is pleased to present Sarah Hobbs: Out of Mind, an exhibition by Atlanta-based artist Sarah Hobbs, which opens on January 25, 2011 and will be on view through March 12, 2011. The opening reception takes place on Friday, January 28th, 2011 from 6:30 - 8:00 p.m. at the Silver Eye galleries on Pittsburgh's South Side, 1015 East Carson Street, Pittsburgh, 15203. Admission is free. Sometimes, there is only a slight degree of difference between what constitutes normal and abnormal behavior. Sarah Hobbs explores this psychologically charged terrain in Out of Mind, which features fifteen images she produced between 2000 and 2009. Each of these works focuses on some phobic, obsessive or neurotic tendency such as overcompensation, hoarding or denial, which find their visual correlative in the meticulously crafted tableaux Hobbs stages expressly for the camera. By turns discomfiting and familiar, empathetic and humorous, almost everybody can relate to the complex emotional states the photographs represent. "Everything always comes back to the viewer," Hobbs says. "The psychological issue is presented in the photograph, but it's up to the viewer to contend with the space in their own mind and bring their own psychological make up to it." About Sarah Hobbs Sarah Hobbs was born in Lynchburg, Virginia, and earned both her BFA in art history and her MFA in photography from the University of Georgia, Athens, Georgia. Her work was recently included in On the Scene: Kota Ezawa, Sarah Hobbs, and Angela Strassheim at The Art Institute of Chicago and in Slightly Unbalanced, a touring exhibition organized by Independent Curators International in New York. Hobbs has also been featured in solo exhibitions at the Knoxville Museum of Art, Knoxville, Tennessee; Yossi Milo Gallery, New York City; Solomon Projects, Atlanta, Georgia; and the Sumter County Gallery of Art, Sumter, South Carolina. Her work is in the collections of The Art Institute of Chicago; Brooklyn Museum of Art; Los Angeles County Museum of Art; Sir Elton John Collection; and The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, Texas. Sarah Hobbs is represented by Solomon Projects, Atlanta, GA. About Silver Eye Center for Photography Silver Eye Center for Photography is the only non-profit organization in Pittsburgh and the region devoted exclusively to contemporary photography and related visual media. Founded in 1979, Silver Eye presents wide-ranging exhibitions by emerging and mid-career artists and has been a catalyst and advocate for new ideas, discourse and trends in the field. Our mission is to advance understanding, appreciation and active engagement with photography as a vital form of creative expression and as an educative force in communicating the diverse values, histories and issues that shape and influence our lives. Silver Eye Center for Photography is generously supported by our members and individual donors and by the Allegheny Regional Asset District, Pennsylvania Council on the Arts, The Grable Foundation, The Heinz Endowments and The Pittsburgh Foundation. Broadcast media sponsorship is kindly provided by WYEP/91.3 FM. Image Sarah Hobbs, Escapism, 2009. Chromogenic print, 48 x 60 inches. Courtesy of the artist and Solomon Projects, Atlanta. ### Silver Eye Center for Photography | 1015 East Carson Street | Pittsburgh, PA 15203 | 412-431-1810   This e-mail was sent from Silver Eye Center for Photography Immediate removal with ® Secure. To forward this e-mail to a friend or colleague, . To change your e-mail address or update preferences, .