September News From Castell Photography

A Fine Art Photography Gallery located in Downtown Asheville, North Carolina

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September Newsletter

Opening Friday: Curiosities

Still on View: Observatory

Manipulated:Deadline Extended

Coming in October: Manipulated

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Opening This Friday: Curiosities

Platinum Still Life images from Beaufort artist Gary Geboy

Deer Jaw, by Gary Geboy

Castell Photography is pleased to announce the opening of their newest exhibition, Curiosities, a series of photo-based work from seasoned artist Gary Geboy.

Curiosities will feature work from two similar series of work from Beaufort, North Carolina based photographer Gary Geboy. Both series depict everyday objects, plants, and artifacts that the artist has collected or found. As a native of the south and lifelong collector of objects, Geboy values these items as sort of southern artifacts, and his work captures them in a manner that likens them to a treasure or a prize as opposed to a simple everyday object.

The artist states: "I’ve always collected curiosities, things I didn’t need but intuitively treasured as a child...I remember the fascination of specimens that naturalists brought home from far away. Travel was out of most people’s reach, so even common things found overseas became wonders in a glass cabinet, or illustrated on a parchment page. I wanted to elevate the overlooked details of the Southern landscape to that same sense of marvel. To me, they are treasures, so I add gold leaf to a platinum/palladium print and allow its luminance to work a kind of magic. The back of a magnolia leaf becomes a map; a robin’s egg a jewel."

Century, by Gary Geboy

Geboy has been working in photography and cinematography for 30 years, and his interests have taken him around the world from Peace Corps documentaries in Kyrgyzstan to a National Gallery of Art exhibit on ancient Mexico. His fine art photography has been exhibited at the Charleston’s City Gallery at Waterfront Park, the Charleston Center for Photography, the McLean Center for the Arts in McLean, Virginia, as well solo exhibitions throughout the nation.

"There's something innately similar between the tradition of the south and the tradition of the still life, and that's part of what makes these images work so beautifully. They are delicate, the are simple, they are exquisite." says gallery director Heidi Gruner.

The opening reception for Curiosities will be held on Friday, September 2nd from 6p.m. to 8p.m. Light hors d’oeuvres, wine, and beer will be served. The artist will be in attendance to meet guests, answer questions, and enjoy the event.The show will remain on exhibit through September 30th.

Still on View: Observatory

Works from Lauren Semivan on display through October 8th

Untitled, by Lauren Semivan

There's still time to see Lauren Semivan's staged works in person, or to come in and have a second look! These staged works are wildly unique & fascintaing, giving the viewer just enough to draw you in, while still leaving just enough mystery...The detail must be seen up close!

Observatory is an ongoing body of work for Semivan, with each image serving as a documentation of a preconceived or an imagined event in which the artist is utilizing both control and the unknown. These narrative works consist of staged sets or scenes concocted by the artist, utilizing a combination of objects, drawings, the human figure (always the artist herself), and other props. Semivan creates each image using an early 20th century 8x10 view camera, then the large format negatives are scanned and printed without digital manipulation or alterations.

The artist states: "Within each image, ghosts of previous drawings create a sense of time suspended, evoking gesture, atmosphere and memory. Photographs allow me to access the extraordinary, to keep a record of dreams, and to employ the uses of the unknown."

The show will remain on exhibit through October 8th -- we hope to see you soon!

Labyrinth, by Lauren Semivan

Manipulated: Deadline Extended!

Deadline extended to Sunday, September 11th!

There's still plenty of time to submit your work to our upcoming juried exhibition, Manipulated. Manipulated is an open call for photo-based works which have been altered by the artist's physical hand at any point in the process of its creation. Any content and media is acceptable-- alternative methods, darkroom methods, and/or digital methods-- as long as the actual hand of the artist has been employed to manipulate either the negative, the print, or both. Images which have been altered using digital methods are welcome, but only when utilized in addition to physical manipulation by hand.

The juror for Manipulated is Ariel Shanberg, Executive Direcor of the Center for Photography at Woodstock (CPW). We are thrilled to bring Ariel on as a juror, and can't wait to see your submissions, keep them coming!

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Coming in October: Manipulated

An opening reception + Juror Portfolio Reviews!

Coming in October, we will have a very special opening reception for this year's juried exhibition, Manipulated. Juror Ariel Shanberg will be traveling from New York to attend the opening to meet guests, participating artists, and, of course, enjoy the event! Exciting plans are in the works to make this event a very unique, fun, and exciting night, stay tuned for additional information! We hope you will join us to meet our juror, enjoy the event, and, of course, see the hand altered work that has been selected for the exhibition!

The opening reception will be held on Friday, October 14th, from 6 p.m. until 8 p.m.

Additionally, we will be hosting portfolio reviews with our juror the following day on Saturday, October 15th. We will allow time for 8-10 fifteen minute reviews, from 3-5 pm. After the reviews, we will have an informal meet and great + social hour with Ariel which anyone is welcome to attend. Artists will be asked to show 8-12 cohesive prints, all from a relevant series or body of work. We are very excited to offer this to our local community, we look forward putting together a great group of photographers for Shanberg to review!

If you are a photographer who is interested in a review please email 3-4 images to heidi@castellphotography.com, as well as a few sentences about the work which you are submitting and why you want to participate in the portfolio review with Shanberg. Work submitted must be from the body of work which will be reviewed by Shanberg. All participating photographers will be chosen on or before September 30th, but please submit your images as soon as possible as artists will be chosen on an ongoing basis.

-the staff at Castell Photography