Work in Progress: Dress Codes an exhibition of photographs, video and mixed media in collaboration, current venue University of New England, Ketchum Gallery, Biddeford, Maine.
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photo by Kelly Bellis 2007 Boston Common - For every square inch of the bright red fabric flowing from a casualty of the World Trade Center, a casualty of a fallen U.S. serviceman and a casualty of an innocent Iraqi citizen, twelve actual casualties are represented. Standing absolutely motionless on a low small pedestal for 45 minutes at a time, the Casilio sisters; (L to R) Sara, Kelly and Alicia, identical triplets, profoundly effected many of the 10,000 protesters who gathered at Saturday's rally calling for an end to the war. These incredible women do performance art and collectively call themselves Triiibe - check them out at http://www.triiibe.com and at the ICA
In the course of her lifetime Cameron would come to know of the push for women's emancipation, the end of slavery in America, and the emergence of a new medium -- photography. "The gift from those I loved so tenderly added more and more impulse to my deeply seated love of the beautiful, and from the first moment I handled my lens with a tender ardour, and it has become to me as a living thing, with voice and memory and creative vigour. Many and many a week in the year ’64 I worked fruitlessly, but not hopelessly." —Julia Margaret Cameron
Francesca Woodman is an artist I have been directed to explore. Over a short period of time she created a large body of work. I am presently doing my first critical paper on her work with a comparison to Cindy Sherman and her Untitled Film Stills series. Both artists started creating black and white photographs during the same time period, the late 1970's. I am looking forward to seeing this movie. The Woodmans
Directed by C. Scott Willis
(USA, Italy, China) – World Premiere
The Woodmans are a family united in their belief that art-making is the highest form of expression and an essential way of life, but for photographer daughter Francesca, worldwide acclaim came only after a tragedy that would forever scar the family. With unrestricted access to all of Francesca’s works and diaries, The Woodmans paints an incisive portrait of a family broken and then healed by its art. In English, Italian with English subtitles.