Photographic Expansion
Michael Frels, Rob Mears & Stacy Slaten
March 2^nd, 2007 – March 28^th, 2007

Art Depot presents “Photographic Expansion,” featuring  Michael Frels, Rob Mears & Stacy Slaten.  The exhibition can be seen from March 2^nd, 2007 – March 28^th, 2007.The reception is part of the citywide First Friday Art Trail on Friday, March 2^nd, 2007 from 6PM until 9PM.

Michael Frels, Rob Mears & Stacy Slaten	Photographic Expansion

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 Photographic Expansion • works by Michael Frels, Rob Mears & Stacy Slaten
March 2^nd – March 28^th, 2007

Art Depot presents Michael Frels, Rob Mears & Stacy Slaten in Photographic Expansion. Photography is the beginning for these three unique artists to develop powerful imagery offering a glimpse each artist’s concerns and views of reality. The exhibition offers a celebration of the growth in the medium of photography and with that growth the ability to further personalize the concept of the photograph. The exhibition can be seen from Friday, March 2^nd through March 28^th. The reception is part of the citywide First Friday Art Trail on Friday, March 2^nd, 2007 from 6PM until 9PM. The exhibition is free and open to the public.

The three artists included in Photographic Expansion have created statements that range from personal narrative, scientific inquiry, and social concerns with stereotyping. Michaels Frels, whether working in multiple panel prints or small books, provides a compelling narrative of intimate images. Frels says of his work “As a boy, I was more interested in creating things than making friends. Uninspired by adulthood, I returned to my childhood. I took these photographs while playing in my backyard.” Rob Mears constructs his own cameras and develops his large prints in a manner that brings a surreal image into an otherewise scientific process. Stacy Slaten provides a look at the psychological process of achieving redemption through recognition of pain. Slaten’s work is concerned with “breaking cultural programming and stereotypes in order to fulfill a personal identity”.

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