Snapshot: Inventing the Everyday
Snapshot: Inventing the Everyday
A Photography Exhibit Exploring the Art of the Snapshot
Within the history of photography, snapshots have existed as an amateurish sub-genre of fine art photography. This aesthetic has been associated with the commonplace, the language of the everyday. Today, in the age of sophisticated camera phones and social media, when families and friends gather around a computer rather than a photo album, some are reconsidering the snapshot’s artistic value. Snapshot: Inventing the Everyday, a photography exhibit exploring the art of the snapshot, will open on Thursday, December 15th from 6 to 8:30 pm, at the I Am Logan Square Gallery, located at 2644 N. Milwaukee Avenue. Food and drink will be provided by Ciao Napoli and I Am Logan Square’s official gallery series sponsors, Revolution Brewing and Paper Moon Pastry. A photo booth will be installed at the opening reception courtesy of Magnolia Photo Booth Co. and photos taken during the event will be put on display for the duration of the exhibition.
“Snapshots embody our very culture; we use them to explain our lives by smiling at a camera – always with an audience in mind,” explain co-curators, Brooke Herbert Hayes and Wm. Tanner Young.
IALS’s first photography exhibition will include works by Young and Herbert Hayes. Both Logan Square artists have contributed to IALS’s volunteer team since last spring documenting Logan Square arts events and taking leadership roles managing IALS’s blog. In addition to these works, Snapshot will also feature photographs by Natalie Krick, Andrew Thomas Lopez, Bob Nanna, Jeff Phillips and Brian Sorg.
Snapshot: Inventing the Everyday will be on display through the end of January. The gallery will be open to the public Tuesday through Saturday, from noon to 6 pm and by appointment and will be closed for the holidays from December 23 - January 8.
IALS hosts monthly gallery exhibitions of works by local artists and accepts exhibition proposals on a rolling basis. Participating artists and/or curators must either live or work in Logan Square to exhibit their work and priority will be given to group or collaborative shows.
About I Am Logan Square
I Am Logan Square is a local, non-profit organization that promotes and increases awareness of the arts while enhancing cultural development in Chicago’s vibrant Logan Square neighborhood. In addition to serving as Chicago’s number one resource to discover and explore the ever-expanding arts offerings and events in the Logan Square neighborhood, I Am Logan Square presents a series of arts, networking, and other special programs including the annual Milwaukee Avenue Arts Festival, featuring curated art exhibitions in pop-up galleries and in establishments as well as arts activities, music, and performances along the Milwaukee Avenue corridor between California and Kimball in Chicago’s Logan Square neighborhood. The 2011 Milwaukee Avenue Arts Festival was presented from July 29 to July 31 and dates for 2012 are presently to be determined.
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For additional information please contact I Am Logan Square at 773/ 278-4257 or info@iamlogansquare.com.