Robert & Shana ParkeHarrison @ Catherine Edelman Gallery

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Robert & Shana ParkeHarrison @ Catherine Edelman Gallery

February 8th, 2016 by fstop

Robert & Shana ParkeHarrison: Precipice
March 11 – April 30, 2016

OPENING RECEPTION WITH THE ARTISTS: Friday, March 11, 5:00 – 7:00 p.m.

Robert & Shana ParkeHarrison’s newest series, Precipice, combines their love of theater and performance. In each image, we see a man bearing witness to his own desires and struggles. This can be seen time and again in the nine pieces in this series. In Downpour, 2015 we see a man balanced on a ladder, creating the sky, only to lose grip on his tools which fall to the ground; in Soliloquy, 2015 an actor stands on the edge of the stage, surveying the tornado ridden carnage of a lost theater; in Nature Morte, 2015 a table is covered with decaying flowers, as someone places a framed version on the wall of what they looked like prior to their demise; in First of May, 2015 a man crouches between two huge megaphones, listening for wisdom from the barren landscape that surrounds him; and in the title piece, Precipice, 2015 a man stands on the edge of a cliff, honoring the lone tree before him, humbled by its overwhelming scale. In all of these majestic photographs, the environment is larger than man, reminding the viewer that we need to listen, pay attention and care for our surroundings. As the artists state:

“The stage offers endless narrative possibilities and favors contradictions – hope and despair, desire and failure… to explore the fragile human condition, and the overarching shadow of environmental destruction. Perhaps the only true hope for our world and our human spirit rests in our ability to imagine.”

Catherine Edelman Gallery
300 W. Superior Street | Chicago | IL | 60654

Location: Chicago, Illinois, United States Type:

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