Deana Lawson: Corporeal
Posted on | October 31, 2009 | No Comments
Light Work Announces Deana Lawson Exhibition and Gallery Reception
Gallery Reception: Thursday, November 5, 5-8pm
Light Work is pleased to announce the exhibition Corporeal, featuring the work of Deana Lawson. 
Lawson’s photographs examine how the body informs personal, political, and historical identities. At first glance, Lawson’s images have a seemingly straightforward quality that dissolves into a complex set of questions about representation of the self, the construction of notions of beauty, and the nature of photographing, questions that will never have clear and finite answers, no matter how hard and long we look.
Added dynamic layers emerge from the photographs as many subjects appear nude. Sometimes this exposure seems to act as a passport direct to a hidden truth, but with other images, we must come to terms with an uncomfortable feeling of perhaps hitting an invisible barrier between what is and what is not meant to be seen. The beauty of Lawson’s images is that we can’t turn away, even in this uncertainty.
Lawson holds an MFA in photography from Rhode Island School of Design and has received numerous awards, such as fellowships with the New York Foundation for the Arts (NYFA) and The Photography Institute at Columbia University. Her work has received national recognition and is exhibited widely at such venues as The Print Center in Philadelphia and the Studio Museum in Harlem.
Images:
Banner: Deana Lawson – (detail) Barbara, 1980s, acquired image
Above Right: Deana Lawson – Untitled, 2007
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