How do separate works join together to make a work of art? Can three works serve to create an artistic statement? Are three photographs of a similar subject or theme superior to one strong photo? Is three better than one, or two, or four?
Members of the Long Island Center of Photography (LICP) attempt to answer this question by exhibiting three works that complement each other. How the photographs work together (or oppose each other) reveals the artist’s creative thought.
Artists of the Middle Ages employed the triptych to tell stories. Composed of a large central panel and two smaller ones painted on the inside like folding doors, the three panels of the triptych reflect the three individuals of the Christian Holy Trinity. LICP artists update these concepts to modern times and beyond in TRIPARTITE, a display of three photographs that reveal a higher aesthetic truth. The photographers can divine the concept of “three” as they wish – as a triptych, as photos of three objects, or of subjects that come in threes, or even photographs that complement each other as a set of three.
RECEPTION: SUNDAY, JULY 20, 2:00 – 5:00 PM
Long Island Community Arts Calendar
TRIPARTITE featuring Member Artist Howie Pohl
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