"Lights, Camera, Art" Coming to Sacramento’s Lumens Store Gallery in November
Former Sacramento artist Ann Tracy returns with a solo exhibit of new work in light boxes this November.
Sacramento, CA, October 26, 2011 --(PR.com)-- Although former Sacramento resident Ann Tracy moved back to her childhood stomping grounds in Portland Maine this past May, local folks will see some of her latest work at Lumens, 2028 K Street beginning 2nd Saturday, November 12th, from 6 to 9 pm and continuing throughout the month.
Tracy was invited to show work in light boxes at the upscale lighting store and gallery by the Center for Contemporary Art. The work will show how Tracy began using light boxes for a specific invitational show and then expanded her thinking about how to showcase her work. She will be at the 2nd Saturday reception for the show.
“We feel that it’s important for the business community to work with the arts community,” said Lisa Huntzinger, gallery coordinator at Lumens. “We have been big supporters of the Center for Contemporary Art and feel that support for the arts is just best practice as a business that deals in design.”
Tracy’s exhibit will feature one of the original works that she created for a light box and her subsequent journey with using the light box as a platform for other art work. The use of light boxes to show fine art was brought into the museum by famed photographer Jeff Wall in 1977. Since that time, artists like Tracy have seen the incredible impact it makes on art, especially digital art. In addition to art software, in her tool set are cameras ranging from Leica to toy cameras like the Holga to camera phones.
“Another interesting turn in my artistic journey,” Tracy said, “has been how what had been totally different series of works dealing with specific imagery are now beginning to collide. I find that sometimes it makes intuitive sense to put something from the Potency of Memory series and combine it with imagery I would normally just use for the Power series.”
Tracy’s fine art has been exhibited from Japan to Maui to New York City. In 2003 her work, “Stop” was included in the catalog of the “Violence Against Women” exhibition, Group 78 Amnesty International, Tokyo, Japan. Her digital paintings “The Power of Romania Lies in its Artists” and “Message 3” were juried into the 2010 and 2008 edition of “American Art Collector”. She also presented a creativity workshop to feature writers at the Sacramento Bee, a daily newspaper in 2008.
Recent exhibition highlights include solo shows at the Enotria Annex (2009) and Asylum Gallery in Sacramento (2008). Recent group shows include: “Small but Mighty”, Temporary Contemporary, Sacramento(2010); “Trade & Transformation”, Tangent Gallery (2010), Sacramento; “Nada Dada Motel”, El Ray Motel, Reno NV(2010); “Synthesis: Art & Science”, Escondido Municipal Gallery, Escondido CA (Invitational- 2009); “NadaDada Motel”, El Cortez Hotel, Reno NV (2009); “The All Saints Show”, Barton Gallery, Sacramento CA (2009); “Greetings From Nada Motel”, Barrick Museum, UNLV, Las Vegas NV (Invitational-2009); “Urban Legends and Country Tales”, International Juried show, Bonita Museum & Cultural Center, 4355 Bonita Road, Bonita, CA (2008).
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Tracy was invited to show work in light boxes at the upscale lighting store and gallery by the Center for Contemporary Art. The work will show how Tracy began using light boxes for a specific invitational show and then expanded her thinking about how to showcase her work. She will be at the 2nd Saturday reception for the show.
“We feel that it’s important for the business community to work with the arts community,” said Lisa Huntzinger, gallery coordinator at Lumens. “We have been big supporters of the Center for Contemporary Art and feel that support for the arts is just best practice as a business that deals in design.”
Tracy’s exhibit will feature one of the original works that she created for a light box and her subsequent journey with using the light box as a platform for other art work. The use of light boxes to show fine art was brought into the museum by famed photographer Jeff Wall in 1977. Since that time, artists like Tracy have seen the incredible impact it makes on art, especially digital art. In addition to art software, in her tool set are cameras ranging from Leica to toy cameras like the Holga to camera phones.
“Another interesting turn in my artistic journey,” Tracy said, “has been how what had been totally different series of works dealing with specific imagery are now beginning to collide. I find that sometimes it makes intuitive sense to put something from the Potency of Memory series and combine it with imagery I would normally just use for the Power series.”
Tracy’s fine art has been exhibited from Japan to Maui to New York City. In 2003 her work, “Stop” was included in the catalog of the “Violence Against Women” exhibition, Group 78 Amnesty International, Tokyo, Japan. Her digital paintings “The Power of Romania Lies in its Artists” and “Message 3” were juried into the 2010 and 2008 edition of “American Art Collector”. She also presented a creativity workshop to feature writers at the Sacramento Bee, a daily newspaper in 2008.
Recent exhibition highlights include solo shows at the Enotria Annex (2009) and Asylum Gallery in Sacramento (2008). Recent group shows include: “Small but Mighty”, Temporary Contemporary, Sacramento(2010); “Trade & Transformation”, Tangent Gallery (2010), Sacramento; “Nada Dada Motel”, El Ray Motel, Reno NV(2010); “Synthesis: Art & Science”, Escondido Municipal Gallery, Escondido CA (Invitational- 2009); “NadaDada Motel”, El Cortez Hotel, Reno NV (2009); “The All Saints Show”, Barton Gallery, Sacramento CA (2009); “Greetings From Nada Motel”, Barrick Museum, UNLV, Las Vegas NV (Invitational-2009); “Urban Legends and Country Tales”, International Juried show, Bonita Museum & Cultural Center, 4355 Bonita Road, Bonita, CA (2008).
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