Local Art Seen -- Duluth Art Institute Reception for the Tim White Exhibit In & Out of Focus

The current exhibition of photographs by Tim White now hangs in the John Steffl Gallery on the balcony level of the Great Hall in the Depot. The juxtaposition of photography and text created impressions that enhanced the power of the imagery, an almost chimerical sensation that at times produced an unexpected, beautiful melancholy.   A few photos taken during Thursday's opening, which also included a Family Art Night Out for the community.

You go round and round

Keep falling on the same hard ground

Brush the dirt off of your knees

Someone call the doctor please

And heal those deep bruises, deep

~Rachel Kilgour, from "Deep Bruises," 2015

The weak

the feel a growing ditance 

between themselves and what they love

Ryan Vine, from "Rule 19", Revolver, 11.13.2012

You are just under the surface

of my restless sleep.

I hear your ardent whispers

in these howling winds

that blow in my ears, 

tell me stories

I cannot repeat.

~Ellie Schoenfeld, from "The Equator is Only an Imaginary Line," the dark honey, 2009

the last word out of my mouth was "happy"

and we drifted off to sleep

two friends, wind chime nymphs

licking dry time, rhyme water and flame

~Mary Bue, from "Slander Stallion," Where the Monarchs Circle, 2000

Ever simple

but we often miss, 

all our chaos

can be pared down to this, 

pared down to this

moment of bliss.

~Gaelynn Lea, from "Moment of Bliss," Imperfecta, 2012

Note: the new Lakeside Gallery is opening this Saturday the 25th.
4431 East Superior Street, Lakeside
Look for Grand Opening details here on their Facebook Page.