When My Eyes Water
October 10–28, 2022 When My Eyes Water, an exhibition consisting of 21 photographs that focus on the exploration of life. I titled the exhibition When My Eyes Water because whether your eyes are watering due to a sneeze, crying, laughing, or vomiting, water rolls down the eyeballs from your eyelids washing away any dirt or dust resulting in clearer vision.
The work was driven by exploration of place, myself, people I feel like I know, and further exploring what makes a photograph.
The exhibition layout and structure draws inspiration from 2 exhibitions: Lorraine O'Grady, Body Is the Ground of My Experience, 2022 at Alexander Gray Associate and Martine Syms, Grio College, 2022 at the Hessel Museum at Bard. Lorraine O'Grady's Body Is the Ground of My Experience series was first exhibited in 1991 at INTAR Gallery. Body Is the Ground of My Experience was first exhibited as smaller prints but as technology advanced over time the prints were enlarged and are now presented at the scale Lorraine always imagined. The body of work includes collaged black and white prints formed from the cutting and puzzling of black and white negatives. She wanted her performances to take on a more still form for "repeated viewing" while emphasizing how the body has been used as a medium for her creations but has also been used a political tool.
The exhibition layout and structure draws inspiration from 2 exhibitions: Lorraine O'Grady, Body Is the Ground of My Experience, 2022 at Alexander Gray Associate and Martine Syms, Grio College, 2022 at the Hessel Museum at Bard. Lorraine O'Grady's Body Is the Ground of My Experience series was first exhibited in 1991 at INTAR Gallery. Body Is the Ground of My Experience was first exhibited as smaller prints but as technology advanced over time the prints were enlarged and are now presented at the scale Lorraine always imagined. The body of work includes collaged black and white prints formed from the cutting and puzzling of black and white negatives. She wanted her performances to take on a more still form for "repeated viewing" while emphasizing how the body has been used as a medium for her creations but has also been used a political tool.