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Sultan Gallery: STILL by Hendrik Kerstens & Robert Polidori

September 28, 2015

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Hendrik Kerstens, Tissue, 2015

Hendrik Kerstens, Tissue, 2015, pigment print, 30×40 inch, ed. 6/10

 

Opening is on Tuesday, 6th of October, 2015, 7-9pm

Sultan Gallery is pleased to present Still an exhibition of photographs by Hendrik Kerstens (Dutch) and Robert Polidori (Canadian) curated by Miami Beach based art dealer Mark Dean.

In the immortal words of William Faulkner, “The past is never dead. It’s not even past.” This exhibition brings together two artists who explore how we understand the past through the present. Both employ photography in ways that deliberately subvert conventional notions about the photograph’s relationship to reality. Instead of capturing a “decisive moment” or freezing a slice of time, they adopt the language of classical painting to explore a more layered sense of history. This results in images that appear to exist simultaneously in the past and present.

Still, the title of this show, points to a double meaning. On one hand, it captures a contemplative serenity that links these images to the painterly traditions of a less hurried time. But the word also suggests a vision of time in which the past is embedded in the present: still here, still living, still relevant. Kerstens and Polidori meld painting and photography, history and contemporary life, fact and fiction to suggest the ways that memory is forever being shaped and reshaped by the imagination.

For further inquiries please contact the gallery at sultangallery1969@gmail.com or at +965 60970001

Exhibition is ongoing until 29th of October, 2015

Sultan Gallery

Tel: +965 24714325/26 ext. 111
Address: South Sabhan, Block 8, Street 105, Building 168

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