Plus Gallery invites you to join us this Friday evening, March 4th from 6-9pm for the opening reception of Patti Hallock's exhibition "The West is Here," presented in conjunction with Denver's Month of Photography.
Hallock's third solo exhibition with the Gallery is also her most in-depth, having been shot over the last three years throughout the state of Colorado as well as connecting states in the region. She has made a deliberate shift in her lens during the years since her return to Denver after completing her masters studies at New York's Parsons, The New School for Design, one that engulfs the wider landscape and themes that surround all who live in what is known as "The West." A more widespread quietude is suggested through her deep exploration, one that dredges up and compartmentalizes icons stranded in time, as if excavating a large swath of life that is still very much a part of the present. In doing so she is gracefully moving towards a thoughtful and arresting oeuvre that commands authority. The images are blisteringly gorgeous in person, the attention to composition and quality as strong as anyone working in the field today.
Patti Hallock received her BFA in photography from the University of Colorado at Denver in 2004 and then went on to receive her MFA in photography in 2007 from Parsons, NYC. Her photographic work has focused on expressing loneliness and isolation and the ways in which we experience those feelings within or because of our environment. Her work has been included in a number of seminal, local contemporary exhibitions of the last decade including the MCA Denver's 2005 "Biennial Blowout!" and 2006' "Extended Remix," the 2009 "Den-Mi" group exhibition of Denver artists coinciding with Art Basel in Miami, and most recently "Objectophilia" for last year's Denver Biennial of the Americas. Hallock currently teaches photography at the University of Colorado at Denver. We invite you to join us in celebrating and recognizing her latest achievements
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