The Voyage of Life ~ Solo Exhibition ~ Fine Art Photography by Adam Ace

The reception will be held on December 4th 2011 from 3-5pm 

Gallery is Open Tuesday through Sunday 9-5pm

On Display November 9th 2011 - December 31st 2011

*There will be a special viewing of select pieces from the series in a Stereoscopic form. An antique Stereoscope will be present for the viewer to look through. This form of presentation enhances your visual experience by engulfing you momentarily into the frame*

                               ~ Artist Statement for The Voyage of Life Photographic Series ~

                       

   My tree of history grows high upon a hill, overlooking the banks of the Croton Reservoir. From there, a modest river traverses down through the mountain town. Converging with the currents, it eventually reaches the Hudson Delta. This river of time flows as the tree of history grows. My voyage of life, comparable tothat of the great tidal estuary, flows both ways.

    I create work that implements the aesthetics once used by Hudson River School Painters. In paintings, pure imagination can be depicted within a scene. A composite of experience and idealism is represented on canvas by brush strokes. However, using a photographic medium, I reconceptualize their approach to Luminism; by rendering the actual light, which happens to be the true subject of each existing day. In my efforts to locate that divine light, I embody the painters’ passion for exploration. Scouting was used by the school to formulate studies of indigenous habitats, each with their own distinctive elements. Upon intense examination of brief field sketches, a variety of elements were deemed worthy of compositing into a single themed piece. As I sculpt a ‘Hudson River Valley Landscape’ today, experiences from oversea adventures linger as I perceive New York’s own history. My formal studies allow for a fantastically ideal description of land I revere. Using raw data, I too coalesce related ideals with the advent of modern day tools. The reasoning for this is to create a harmoniously divine frame.

   We continuously flow along the River of Time. It is not until our vessels happen to dock upon a sandy cove, that we may question and contemplate our earthly origins. As we ponder this mysterious past in reflecting waters of the river, we hold a sense of escapism which regenerates the sublimity in us all. Therefore I invite the viewers on a visual renaissance, revealing light which guides us along The Voyage of Life.