"The camera is an instrument that teaches people how to see without a camera." - Dorothea Lange

Monday, September 09, 2013

bringing it all together: new work from uganda

During my travels, I was influenced, moved, challenged and inspired not only by the people I met, but also by the music I heard, the books I read and the art I saw. It was quite a significant convergence for me to experience.

The book that stirred me deeply was Abraham Verghese's Cutting For Stone.

One of the exhibitions that had a huge effect on me was "A Visionary Modernist" by Sudanese artist Ibrahim El-Salahi.



When I read the following words by El-Salahi on one of the text panels, I was stopped in my tracks:

The subjects are looking at and through me, as if trying to remind me, through their perfect silence, of what I had failed to see.

With that, I'd like to share some of my new work. (Please excuse the repeats.)











































7 comments:

Anonymous said...

Amazing. You did it again.
L.H.

Anonymous said...

One of the things I really admire about you, Gloria, is that you take the time to put these things together. That's the part I usually fall down on: oh, sure, the pictures get taken, but then they just go into the air, as it were. I guess follow-through is not one of my long suits, whereas you have the whole package. A couple of my favorites in this series were the shoes and the man with the brassieres. Great work! Marti

Anonymous said...

Stunning work. Looks like it was a very good journey.
- Susan

Anonymous said...

Stunning. They are painterly, provocative and persuasive. - A.

Gloria Baker Feinstein said...

Thank you! I so appreciate your very kind remarks about the work.

Anonymous said...

Excellent!
-JM

Anonymous said...

the one of the little girl with the white dress. ... Uh. My heart!!