Biff Henrich: The Structure of Things
© Biff Henrich
About The Exhibition
Exhibition Curator: Roberto Muffoletto
This VASA exhibition of Biff Henrich’s “The Structure of Things” presents two portfolios inviting us to consider, as the exhibition title suggests,the structures of things: camera made images in a pictorial mode and images manipulated to various degrees of abstraction. On closer consideration the work moves beyond a structuralist critique to questions addressing the construction of meanings and context. In his introduction Henrich warns the viewer (reader) not to think about what he means but to explore their own meanings and understandings.
The exhibition includes moon-lite images portraying a stillness and light that we never see outside the making of long exposures under moon lite. A second portfolio of work displays abstractions and color. Here as with his night images they only exist as camera products.
Biff Henrich, a Buffalo New York (USA) artist has a rich exhibition record along with two National Endowment for the Arts Fellowships.
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On VASA Exhibitions:
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