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ORGANIZER:info@lacphoto.org
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LOCATION:252 S. Los Angeles St.\, Los Angeles\, California\, 90012\, United States
SUMMARY:Matthew Finley: Lost and Found - Reception RSVP
DESCRIPTION:LACP is thrilled to announce a solo exhibition by Matthew Finley\, whose work imagines the world as it should have been: A world where no queer person feels ashamed for who they love\, who they are and how they want to present themselves.\nIn this moment\, when people in power insist on marginalizing\, isolating and denouncing queer communities\, LACP insists on elevating love and acceptance.\n\n\n\nCurator\n\n\n\nDr. Rotem Rozental\, Los Angeles Center of Photography Executive Director and Chief Curator\n\n\n\nOpening Reception and Book Signing\n\n\n\nSaturday\, October 4th\, 4pm-6pm @ LACP Headquarters\, 252 S. Los Angeles St\, Los Angeles\, CA 90012\n\n\n\nSpecial walk-through with the artist at 4:30pm!\n\nAbout\nMatthew Finley’s work imagines the world as it should have been: A world where no queer person feels ashamed for who they love\, who they are and how they want to present themselves. In this universe\, family support of one’s love is a given\, rather than a possibility\, or\, we could say\, an impossibility.\nIn his poetic photographic projects\, Finley provides coordinates for how life in this world would be. This solo exhibition\, which depicts several series from the past decade\, chronicles how Finley reimagines found images and objects\, encouraging his staged subjects to discover the joy of nature\, as well as a self-consciousness that never seeks to conceal or mask itself\, visualizing how we package ourselves for others and the emotional states that result. Whether in fictive family albums or expansive analog projects\, his photographic perspective remains intimate and vulnerable. Finley positions male bodies in compositions that echo photographic histories\, in which the male subjects become a focal point of the viewing eye\, a source of fascination and desire--and that desire quietly comes to the fore to insist on its rightful place. The emotional burden at the core of these works informs their shapes\, perspectives\, light and configurations. They are both haunting and haunted\, charting a path from rejection to liberation by way of friendship and love.\nDesire\, in these works\, becomes a core element of vision\; whether it is the desire to be close to another body or the desire to be fully accepted. In that sense\, Finley’s work negotiates lived experiences and offers them as an invitation for the viewer\, to become an active participant\; re-imagine relationships and their histories alongside those captured in the frame\, and insist on joy and love as an antidote for judgment\, exclusion and isolation in our current world.\nBack to Show page HERE.\nTickets\nAdmission is FREE. Please RSVP below. Suggested Donation HERE
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