Mel Frank @ Benrubi Gallery

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Mel Frank @ Benrubi Gallery

September 6th, 2018 by fstop

Mel Frank: When We Were Criminals
September 14 – November 10, 2018

“In addition to growing and instructing others on how to grow, Frank has also been documenting the process visually for more than forty years. When We Were Criminals features images from the late 1970s and early 1980s, when marijuana use was popular but far less acceptable than it is today. His images are playful and sometimes sly without being coy, seductive and fecund and sometimes almost nerdy. In one image, a grower’s face is concealed behind an iconic digitate leaf; in another, a grower seems to be disappearing into a dense stand of fully-grown plants. The hidden identities are no doubt a reflection of the plant’s illegality, yet they can’t help but recall a newly self-aware Adam and Eve in Eden, hiding behind their fig leaves.”

Benrubi Gallery
521 West 26th Street, Floor 2

Location: New York, New York City, United States Type: Exhibition

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