River of Shadows, 2o20

Exhibition at Heller Gallery featuring work by:

Dylan Brams
Rebecca Cummins
Kim Harty with Andy Koupal
Carmichael Jones
Helen Lee
Amy Lemaire
Sharyn O’Mara
David Schnuckel
Ethan Townsend

Featuring the work of nine artists, River of Shadows is an inquiry into the material properties of glass and the themes and metaphors that accompany them.

 Through photography, the artists explore the mechanics of state changes, fracturing, distortion, and the incremental development of skill.

 The 18 photographs in the exhibition, curated by Detroit based glass artist Kim Harty, reveal the desire to capture the fleeting magic of glass and draw on insight gained by a sustained practice working with the material. Glass is iterated again through the lens of the camera, the technology allowing us to expand human perception, finding ways to freeze, slow down, and layer time. If seeing and knowing are inexorably linked, this exhibition demonstrates an urgency to understand the material of glass more deeply.

Gallery Website
Press Release
Full Exhibition Essay