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Posted on November 24, 2020

Concealed
Joe Greene
December 8 – February 14, 2021

Online Artist Talk January 28, 2021 7 PM Eastern Time

toy gun made of glass
© Joe Greene, “Glass Gun, Gold Purse,” Archival Pigment Print edition of 15
toy squirt gun
© Joe Greene, “Red Squirt,” Archival Pigment Print edition of 15
beaded bag and toy gun
© Joe Greene, Black and White Beaded, Archival Pigment Print, edition of 15

Statement
Webster defines concealed as “to place out of sight, to conceal evidence, carrying a concealed weapon, to prevent disclosure or recognition or conceal the truth”.

At one time or another, everyone has something to conceal, emotionally or materially. When we place an object in our pockets and purses, we conceal it from public view. Just as easliy, we may decide to put a smile on our face even when we disagree with one another.

Joe’s photographs of vintage purses and toy guns act as a metaphor for the secrets we keep from each other and the fear in America right now.

Bio
Starting out as a painter, Joe was encouraged by his public school teachers to spend class time studying painting at an artist’s studio in Harvard Square, Cambridge. Since the studio specialized in copying classic contemporary works of arts, Joe had to learn how to paint just like the masters; including using a stick to drip paint Pollock style. He says, “Painting the same paintings over and over again helped me understand how light, color and textures work together.”

When he couldn’t get his ideas onto canvas fast enough, Joe picked up a camera. By the time he reached high school, he had a darkroom, two clients and was studying with artist and cinematographer, Ken Brown. Joe also learned the art of the psychedelic light show, by helping out at the Boston Tea Party concert hall. “I had a front row seat ( from the light show booth ) for Cream, Led Zepplin and the J Geils Band,”said Greene.

College was an exercise that broadened Joe’s horizons, it was at Mass College of Art where he became an honor student as a dual major in graphic design and photography, studying with the teaching team of Gus Kayafas and the late Paul Muller.
“I can spend years studying a subject, genre or lifestyle. My recent book, “Bike Week”, covers 5 years of shooting portraits at Laconia Bike Week. Other book titles include “Track”; the last few live race days at Suffolk Downs, Wolf; photographs of legendary rocker Peter Wolf and a new collection of found objects entitiled “Shiny Things,” Greene said.

Joe Greene’s exhibitions include:

“Concealed” photographs of toy guns and purses, Solo Show at the Griffin Museum of Photography, December 8, 2020 thru Feb 14th 2021

18th Annual “Nudes in November” show at the Chris Sorensen Studio in Fresno, CA, Nov 2020

Davis Orton Gallery 10th Annual Self Published Group Photobook Show, 2020
Joe’s fine art work from his ” purse ” series was shown at the Griffin Museum of Photography Juried Exhibition Ed Friedman Legacy show, September 2017.
Joe’s Scrap series debuted at the 2017 Chelsea Art Walk ” Art in the Park “gallery, using repurposed shipping containers, June 2017
Joe’s photography was selected for the Providence Center of Photographic Arts, in a show juried by Griffin Museums’ Paula Tognarelli.
New still life photography by Joe, was part of the ” Winter Solstice” members show, at the Griffin Museum of Photography in Winchester, Ma. January 2017
Joe’s latest still life photography was selected to be a part of the Griffin Museums’ “NEPR 2016 Exhibition” at Digital Silver Imaging in Belmont, Ma. December, 2017
Joe was invited to show at the UFORGE Gallery show “Abstracted”, from November 2015.
Joe’s photography was selected for the Zullo Gallery’s 21st Annual Juried Exhibition, September, 2015
Joes’ photography was shown at the “Juried Show ” at UFORGE Gallery 767 Centre St Jamaica Plain, MA August, 2015
Joe’s film photography selected for the “Recycle Art ” ( Eco Art) Exhibition at Boston City Hall. The show was part of Greenfest August, 2015
New photography by Joe Greene was shown at the City Of Bostons Art Festival “Emerge” event, on display in the Scollay Square Gallery Sept 2015.
Joe’s photography was selected by the Davis Art Gallery in Worcester juried show,2D and 3D Landscapes September, 2015
Joe’s photography was shown at the think small I The Exhibition/ Panopticon Gallery in Boston September 2015

The “Geometry” show selected Joe’s film based landscape photography at the Hera Gallery, 10 High St Wakefield, RI 02879 September 2015

View Joe Greene’s Website.
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Amy Rindskopf's Terra Novus

At the market, I pick each one up, pulled in by the shapes as they sit together, waiting. I feel its heft in my hand, enjoy the textures of the skin or peel, and begin to look closer and closer. The patterns on each individual surface marks them as distinct. I push further still, discovering territory unseen by the casual observer, a new land. I am like a satellite orbiting a distant planet, taking the first-ever images of this newly envisioned place.

This project started as an homage to Edward Weston’s Pepper No. 30 (I am, ironically, allergic to peppers). As I looked for my subject matter at the market, I found that I wasn’t drawn to just one single fruit or vegetable. There were so many choices, appealing to both hand and eye. I decided to print in black and white to help make the images visually more about the shapes, and not about guessing which fruit is smoothest, which vegetable is greenest.

Artistic Purpose/Intent

Artistic Purpose/Intent

Tricia Gahagan

 

Photography has been paramount in my personal path of healing from disease and

connecting with consciousness. The intention of my work is to overcome the limits of the

mind and engage the spirit. Like a Zen koan, my images are paradoxes hidden in plain

sight. They are intended to be sat with meditatively, eventually revealing greater truths

about the world and about one’s self.

 

John Chervinsky’s photography is a testament to pensive work without simple answers;

it connects by encouraging discovery and altering perspectives. I see this scholarship

as a potential to continue his legacy and evolve the boundaries of how photography can

explore the human condition.

 

Growing my artistic skill and voice as an emerging photographer is critical, I see this as

a rare opportunity to strengthen my foundation and transition towards an established

and influential future. I am thirsty to engage viewers and provide a transformative

experience through my work. I have been honing my current project and building a plan

for its complete execution. The incredible Griffin community of mentors and the

generous funds would be instrumental for its development. I deeply recognize the

hallmark moment this could be for the introduction of the work. Thank you for providing

this incredible opportunity for budding visions and artists that know they have something

greater to share with the world.

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