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PRESS RELEASE
The LAB 101 Space is pleased to present Here Is Where You'll Find Me, an exhibit of small photographs by Ashley Tibbits and David Horvitz. Here Is Where You'll Find Me opens March 22, 2008, at The LAB 101 Space (8539 Washington Blvd in Culver City) and remains on view through April 23, 2008. Opens March 22 from 12pm – 10pm.
The images of Ashley Tibbits and David Horvitz extend well beyond the limitations of their modest sizes. As photographers, both artists chose small scale, opting for images that are intimate and personally sacred, which beg for closer inspection and thus require further interaction with their viewer. Despite their different agendas, both Tibbits and Horvitz create work that engages with issues of memory and representation. Using Polaroid photography as their means of expression, the artists relay a sense of nostalgia and offbeat romanticism.
Tibbits digitally manipulates her "faceless portraits" to create character studies of women, both real and fictional, where only the subject's legs (in a variety of humorous and compromising situations) are available to hint at buried narrative. Concerned with elements of femininity yet fully aware of the backlash of such a label, her resulting photographs are as girlish as they are naughty, seductive as they are exploitative.
The photographs of David Horvitz are a physical manifestation of complex, imaginative projects. Much of his work documents his own actions and "small gestures." For example, Horvitz enables interested parties to receive an image of the sky for every day in 2008 through his website, davidhorvitz.com. Horvitz coaxes action from the viewer, inviting participation with his work. A photo, in which he is shown kissing a Moon Tree, is accompanied by a list of the locations of all other Moon Trees to encourage viewers to replicate his activity. Horvitz' work feels private and conveys a sense of complicity with each person who experiences it. Like anonymous love letters or messages in a bottle, the photographs offer the opportunity to share in a beautiful moment with anyone willing to play.
'Here Is Where You'll Find Me'
Small Photographs by
Ashley Tibbits and David Horvitz
March 22 - April 23, 2008
Opens: Saturday March 22, 12pm - 10pm
New Location: 8539 Washington Blvd. Culver City, CA 90232
T. 310 945 5974 http://www.thelab101.com
images: Ashley Tibbits / David Horvits
The LAB 101 Space is pleased to present Here Is Where You'll Find Me, an exhibit of small photographs by Ashley Tibbits and David Horvitz. Here Is Where You'll Find Me opens March 22, 2008, at The LAB 101 Space (8539 Washington Blvd in Culver City) and remains on view through April 23, 2008. Opens March 22 from 12pm – 10pm.
The images of Ashley Tibbits and David Horvitz extend well beyond the limitations of their modest sizes. As photographers, both artists chose small scale, opting for images that are intimate and personally sacred, which beg for closer inspection and thus require further interaction with their viewer. Despite their different agendas, both Tibbits and Horvitz create work that engages with issues of memory and representation. Using Polaroid photography as their means of expression, the artists relay a sense of nostalgia and offbeat romanticism.
Tibbits digitally manipulates her "faceless portraits" to create character studies of women, both real and fictional, where only the subject's legs (in a variety of humorous and compromising situations) are available to hint at buried narrative. Concerned with elements of femininity yet fully aware of the backlash of such a label, her resulting photographs are as girlish as they are naughty, seductive as they are exploitative.
The photographs of David Horvitz are a physical manifestation of complex, imaginative projects. Much of his work documents his own actions and "small gestures." For example, Horvitz enables interested parties to receive an image of the sky for every day in 2008 through his website, davidhorvitz.com. Horvitz coaxes action from the viewer, inviting participation with his work. A photo, in which he is shown kissing a Moon Tree, is accompanied by a list of the locations of all other Moon Trees to encourage viewers to replicate his activity. Horvitz' work feels private and conveys a sense of complicity with each person who experiences it. Like anonymous love letters or messages in a bottle, the photographs offer the opportunity to share in a beautiful moment with anyone willing to play.
Media Contact:
Zoey Mondt, zoey@thelab101.com
Zoey Mondt, zoey@thelab101.com