Rachel Steely : Indianapolis Fine Art Artist : Art Class Instructor for Painting, Photography » black and white

File Room from India: Dayanita Singh

Rachel — Mon, 24 Oct 2011 14:38:27 +0000

Another photographer that I came across in the Arsenal at the Venice Biennale was Dayanita Singh from India. She presented five photographs in a series entitled File Room.

One considers how although a file room is something that most people keep hidden, these pictures expose it. Unlike the previous photographic series, these images , although connected and building upon the viewer’s knowledge of the physical space and concepts communicated, can also stand alone. When one walks along each image provides a different space of the room and the images succesively build on one’s knowledge of the place and ideas depicted. The artist found interesting forms and play of light and shadow in the clutter of the filing room. The concept of a cluttered filing room has the potential of being referential to the viewer. Do I have an internal cluttered filing room in my memory? The inclusion of the window in several of these black and white images both provides a light source and speaks to me of a world that exists outside of this file room.

Girl Sitting

Rachel — Tue, 22 Mar 2011 13:39:02 +0000

Here is a recent 25 minute charcoal sketch of a girl drawing herself together (perhaps inwardly and outwardly?)

Captured Through a Lens XI: Peyto Lake

Rachel — Mon, 13 Sep 2010 13:50:18 +0000

Captured Through a Lens VII: Whirlpool Peak Mount Fryatt

Rachel — Mon, 16 Aug 2010 13:51:29 +0000

Whirlpool Peak Mount Fryatt

A calm, clear evening.

Captured through a lens: II

Rachel — Mon, 17 May 2010 13:34:09 +0000

Captured through a lens: I, Clouds

Rachel — Wed, 12 May 2010 13:30:36 +0000

An expanse of clouds, July 2009.

Three photographs at Dean Johnson Gallery

Rachel — Mon, 29 Jun 2009 03:19:16 +0000

Dean Johnson Gallery is hosting a black and white photography show during the month of July called. . . Black & White. The opening is this upcoming Friday, July 3, 5 – 9 p.m. It will be part of the July IDADA First Friday Gallery Tour. If you are not able to make to the opening, you can stop by during gallery hours, Monday-Friday 11am-5pm.

I have three works in the show, Cyclist in Maastricht, Connemara Cottage, and Black Forest Foliage. All were taken during travel to Europe. I hope you are able to make it to the opening.

The Dean Johnson Gallery is located at 646 Massachusetts Avenue Indianapolis, IN 46204 on the first floor of the Dean Johnson Design building.