Sarah MacWright

+ UAG Associate Member + Member Since: September 15th, 2007 + Page Last Updated: February 25th, 2008 + Personal Site: www.sarahmacwright.com + Similar Artists: Christa Dijstelbergen, Adam Furgang, Robert Gullie, Steve Honicki, Katie Jones, Daniel Langer, Mitch Messmore, Sara Maria Salamone, Mike Sperduto, John Weiler, Colin Wilkinson

Artist Bio +

How can I encourage my viewer to not only enter the photographic space and explore, but also to think critically about this spatial experience?

I was standing in a friend's living room in Paris when I took the first photograph with these challenges in mind. This photograph depicts a figure's legs entering the space of a living room from a dark, wood pantry, carved into the orange wall. Upon exiting the pantry, the figure's feet seem like distant cousins to the legs of nearby chairs. The photographic work responds to the pushing and pulling of the figure's entrance, of the opening of the cabinet doors, of the quiet, deep space between the legs of the chairs. The overlap between photographs marks a space for a wall to come into being or a space for a chair to disappear. In a positive sense, the figure, who invites the viewer to participate, could be sheltered or, quite negatively, could be consumed by these spaces.

• Observations and Constructions: Work by Sarah MacWright
  The Feast Gallery, Saratoga Springs, NY, February 1st - March 2nd 2008
• Little Engines
  Fulton Street Gallery, Troy, NY, January 25th - February 2008
• Berkshire Art Association Fellowship Show
  Lichtenstein Center for the Arts, Pittsfield, MA, April 2007
• Nine19teen
  Williams College Museum of Art, Williamstown, MA, June 2007
• Sarah MacWright: Photographs
  Wilde Gallery, Williamstown, MA, January 2007
• "Mind Your P's and Q's" - Premiere
  Glasgow Film Theatre, Glasgow, UK, May 2006

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