Praxis Gallery and Photographic Arts Center is a community based, non-profit, artist-led organization in Minneapolis that aims to support the development of new and emerging artists through exhibition and education. Our mission is to bring diverse perspectives into focus through lens-based art, creating exhibition and learning opportunities that engage, challenge, inspire, and surprise the public.
Praxis Gallery and Photo Arts Center 2637 27th Ave. S., Minneapolis, MN 55406 (612) 345-5571
Open every Saturday 12pm – 5pm. Open for appointment Tuesday – Friday
For the Smash-up/Mash-up/Cut-up series of work I photograph plastic models I had made as a child, on poster board in bright day-glo colors that evoke the promise and freshness of childhood. I then smash and rephotograph them. Afterwards I sometimes combine the before and after photographs, other times use just the smashed ones. Recently I have cut away portions of the photographs to reveal what is underneath and create a sense of movement. This destruction of childhood achievement and deconstruction of childhood illusions results in works that use chance and the juxtaposition of contrasting colors to suggest depth and create new art. Evoking something bright and shining from the past though now broken and flawed. /Robert Koss
The Inspiration: The Supermarine Walrus was a British amphibious maritime patrol aircraft designed by R.J. Mitchell in 1933, used by the Royal Navy, Royal Air Force, Irish Air Corps and the Royal Australian Air Force during World War II. Photo by Royal Navy official photographer William Berwick Reid – This photograph A 15215 comes from the collections of the Imperial War Museums (collection no. 4700-01), Public Domain. – Wikipedia
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