S U M M E R S T A G E D
Michael Foley Gallery
10JUN-10JUL 2010
Opening Reception : Thursday 10June, 6-8pm
548 W 28th Street, 2nd Floor

Artists include:
THOMAS ALLEN – RICHARD BARNES – OLIVER BOBERG – FLORIAN BÖHM – WILLIAM FINGER – THE FISHES – ALLEN FRAME – GAIL ALBERT HALABAN – DAVID HILLIARD – NICOLAI HOWALT – PHIL JUNG – MYOUNG HO LEE – MARIA INES MANCHEGO – JOSHUA MARTINEZ- MARTINA MULLANEY – DAVID NADEL – LORI NIX – ALEXANDRE ORION – STUART O’SULLIVAN – RACHEL PAPO – MELISSA ANN PINNEY – WILLIAM RUGEN – MICHAEL ROBBINS – SA SCHLOFF – MASATO SETO – STEVEN B. SMITH – SAGE SOHIER – AMY STEIN – CHARLES TRAUB – TRIBBLE & MANCENIDO – LARS TUNBJÖRK – PAULO VENTURA – BAHAR YURUKOGLU – RENHUI ZHAO – AND OTHERS

…The line between truth and illusion in photography is one that has been frequently crossed by practitioners since the invention of the medium. Sometimes that line was crossed deliberately through the use of simple techniques like double exposing the film, adding clouds to a cloudless sky or adding color before that was naturally possible in the medium. The boundary crossing today can be seen as less pragmatic and more concerned with playing with the perception of the real and unreal put forth by the individual intention of the artist.

Summer Staged poses challenges to our perception in examining the line between documentation and creation, what is “real” (an impromptu observation) vs. what is “fake” (a staged moment). The salon style exhibition will further blur and confuse these lines…which are which and does it really matter?

(from the press release)