Diane Hughes
Diane Hughes recently completed her eleventh-month Affiliate Artist residency at the McColl Center for Visual Art. Diane received a BFA in Graphic Design from Southampton College in New York. She has exhibited her work in North Carolina and New York and has had her photography published in Great Unknowns: An Exquisite Collection of Black and White Photography.
Diane’s Statement on her works in this show: The tree, by its form, represents evolution, for it begins with a root and spreads out into branches and twigs. Only as applied to the cosmos the root is conceived to be on high and the branches extend downwards. As a foundation, both literally and figuratively, the roots create the basis or groundwork of anything.
Andre Brown
Born in Asheville, Andrea Brown received a BFA from the University of Georgia. In 2009 she received an Emerging Artists Grant from the Arts and Science Council and served as an Artist-in-Residence at the McColl Center for Visual Art. She has also shown widely in Atlanta and was labeled an “artist to watch” in a photo exhibition juried by the curator of photography at the High Museum of Art.
Andrea’s Statement regarding her works in this show, entitled Mama Moshi: Mama Moshi knows no loss, Mama Moshi sings with her native accent, Mama Moshi laughs and jokes with all of us, Mama Moshi mother of no children, she sends out language for continuous years, Mama Moshi guides flocks, ages undefined, Mama Moshi keeps silent when speaking, internal prowess, Mama Moshi lives in lucid morphing resemblance, Mama Moshi is more educated then you and I, Mama Moshi passed away three years ago, cancer, and I never said goodbye. Mama Moshi wears patterns, emblems, icons, Mama Moshi brought police for protection, Mama Moshi preached acts of selflessness, dividing the war and sacrificing her brother.
Alison Overton
A native of North Carolina, Alison Overton is a 1982 graduate of North Carolina State University with a bachelor degree in environmental design. In 2009 she received the Sarah Everett Toy Memorial Scholarship to study photography at Penland School of Crafts. Overton was awarded Regional Artists Project Grants for 2002, 2004 and 2008 from the United Arts Council of Raleigh and Wake County. Her work has been widely exhibited throughout the country, and is included in numerous public and private collections
Making art, in particular photographs that chronicle a moment in a changing landscape, is my passion. As a lifelong artist, I strive constantly to explore and expand my definition of the unique and mysterious in life and nature. I love to utilize simple, manual film cameras such as the Holga 120 S plastic toy camera (which I have used to make the art on display) to capture images that have an ethereal and timeless quality. My hope is, that when a person views my art work, he or she might feel as though peering into a dreamy world, with a sense of wonder.
Bruce Melkowits
Chapel Hill, North Carolina resident Bruce Melkowits photographs with large format cameras and prints images using antique formulas and processes. Bruce’s work has been featured in numerous local juried exhibitions and has been included in group shows nationally and internationally in China and Canada.
Melkowits is most attracted to organic forms, working slowly, deliberately, and intuitively. The kallitype method is well-suited to Melkowits’ style of work, as the equipment and process requires attention at every step. When creating images he values understatement, reducing his images to the barest essentials. Melkowits enjoys seeing how little is needed to create an image that resonates. Each image is the culmination of a slow construction in addition to the record of a given moment.
Shannon Binns, a recent arrival to Charlotte, has lived and traveled throughout Europe, Asia, and Africa, capturing the beauty that he discovers in the people and places he encounters. Shannon’s black and white photos in this show were taken during his recent visit to Paris. Shannon is active in the Light Factory in Charlotte and very involved in Charlotte’s emerging art scene. This is Shannon’s first gallery show.
tout existe à Paris [all exists in paris]
Shannon's Statement: Paris is a place of endless beauty, surprises, and forms. As I explored the City of Light I found the four elements repeatedly expressing themselves. The Greek philosopher Empedocles believed the nature of the universe could be explained through the interaction of two governing principles, Love and Strife, on four primary elements: Earth, Wind, Fire, and Water. I find something elegant yet moving about this simple explanation of our world, like the City of Paris itself.
