That's right folks-Denny Moers will be in house giving a live demo of his photo printing technique that is responsible for the astounding images before you. Impressive, right? "How does he DO that?" you may wonder. Well, this is your chance to find out!
This Monday, May 24 at 6:30pm, Moers will provide a live darkroom demo followed by a slide presentation of more of his incredible and vivid work for our May Open House Event, which is, as always totally FREE and open to the public.
Denny's Bio:
Denny Moers is known for his highly imaginative, technically innovative monoprints created by controlling the action of light on the chemical-sensitized photographic paper during the print developing process, giving his black and white photographs an extraordinary range of tonalities. He has photographed subject matter as diverse as New England architecture, medieval wall frescoes and tomb reliefs, contemporary constructions sites and western landscapes and dwellings.
Denny Moers received his MFA from the Visual Studies Workshop. During the 1980's he worked as Aaron Siskind's first assistant and printer. He is currently on the faculty of Roger Williams University. He received a RI Pell Award for Excellence in the Arts in 2003.
His photographic monoprints are included in over 30 public and private collections throughout the world including the Addison Gallery of American Art in Andover, Ma., the Los Angeles County Museum of Art, the Baltimore Museum of Art; The Huston Museum of Art, the Bibliotheque Nationale, Paris, the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, the Israel Museum in Jerusalem, the High Museum of Art in Atlanta, and the Museo Rufino Tamayo, Mexico City.
Recent publications include the portfolio: Between Now & Then-A selection of book covers with a foreword by CD Wright published in 2006 and COMPOSITION BY FIELD: An Olson Portfolio celebrating the 100th anniversary of the American poet, Charles Olson published by BoxKite Press, Australia in 2010.
His artwork is represented by the Robert Klein Gallery, Boston, MA., June Bateman Gallery, NY, NY and Thomas Meyer Fine Art, San Francisco, CA.
Prepare yourself for total photo awesomeness! See you in the Darkroom!
