“Liar, Liar, Liars!" July 31, 2009
an exhibition of partial truths in photo and video, PENNBRICK garage galleries

In one way or another art involves the telling of truths. Sometimes the truth is cleverly hidden, manipulated or fabricated, but nonetheless the intention begins with some form of truth.

Since their invention photography and video have been relied upon to relay and document truths. Both technological mediums have the ability to capture living moments of time. Is it their responsibility to always illustrate some truth?
What happens to documenting mediums when they are co-opted to tell more than the truth, or some fictional truth?
What does it take to free a documenting medium from the constrains of it’s invocation?

By focusing on photo and video in this exhibition the viewer will get a look at their relationship as artistic mediums, their commonalities and their different images in the art world.

The artists chosen are contemporary photographers and video artists showing us new beginnings in both fields. Mystery and brutal truths are pushed in our faces, and we start to question what is the reality that we all live in.

artists:
Stephanie Barber, MD. www.stephaniebarber.com
Alexa Gerrity, CA. alexagerrity.com
Shane Lavalette, MA. www.shanelavalette.com
Calvin Lee, CA. calvin-lee.tumblr.com
Aileen Maxson, AMSTERDAM www.eileenmaxson.com
Trevor Powers, MA. www.flickr.com/photos/trevorpowers
Joey Prince, NM.
Winston Riley, NM.
Meghan Tomeo, NM. www.meghantomeo.com
Kelsey Waggaman, NM. kelsywaggaman.com

This exhibition was generously sponsered by Scheinbaum & Russek ltd. See full list of sponsers.