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Angelika Rinnhofer Exhibition
and Gallery Reception

Angelika Rinnhofer-Sammelsurium

November 5-December 28, 2007
Gallery Reception: November 8, 2007, 5-8pm
 
Light Work is pleased to announce the opening of its new exhibition, Sammelsurium, featuring the work of German photographer Angelika Rinnhofer. Please join us for a gallery reception to celebrate this exhibition this Thursday, November 8, 2007 from 5-8pm.
 
This exhibition showcases Rinnhofer's large-format color prints from three related series, Menschenkunde, Felsenfest, and Seelensucht. She describes her series Menschenkunde as portraits that combine facts, beauty, and irony in a Renaissance-style. Rinnhofer's series, Felsenfest, continues the same aesthetics in its re-interpretations of martyrs and saints into a modern context. Rinnhofer remembers being frightened as a child when viewing the horrific images of tortured saints commonly found in churches in her hometown Nürnberg, Germany. She now casts a critical eye, juxtaposing religious figures with modern-looking scientists. Seelensucht takes Rinnhofer back to the traditional single-figure portrait, also capturing the themes of martyrs.
 
Rinnhofer lives in Beacon, NY. She is a photography instructor, commercial photographer, and artist. She is the recipient of a Kodak European Gold Award and received a fellowship in photography from the Dutchess County Arts Council. She participated in Light Work's Artist-in-Residence program in 2005. Her work can be seen at www.angelikarinnhofer.com.

[Image: Angelika Rinnhofer-Menschenkunde VII, 2001]

Light Work is also hosting an exhibition titled Train of Thought: Serial Images from the Light Work Collection. This exhibition features the work of five artists-Hollis Frampton, Arnold Gassan, Peter Max Kandhola, Judy Natal, and Aaron Siskind-all of whom generously donated either a series of prints or a portfolio of prints to the Light Work Collection. This exhibition provides us with an opportunity to investigate the artists' use of duplication and repetition to explore a single subject or idea. The images in this exhibition are produced using a variety of techniques, including photogravures, ektacolor, silver gelatin prints, and chromogenic prints.

Also on view at this time is the exhibition Artist Showcase: Images by Brian Arnold, featuring images by local, Ithaca-based photographer Brian Arnold.  This exhibition is comprised of recent acquisitions to the Light Work Collection that come from multiple series Arnold has been working on. He utilizes traditional black-and-white processes, remaining committed to what he refers to as "the alchemy of photography." All of his photographs are unique silver gelatin prints, toned with a combination of selenium, sulfur, and gold chloride. Arnold also creates unique limited edition books, two of which are included in this exhibition. He teaches photography and electronic arts at the New York State College of Art and Engineering at Alfred University.