‘Face Value’: Opening Reception, UC
Photo for thegazz.com by Douglas Imbrogno
“Face Value: New Works by Artist Mark Wolfe,” opened Tuesday night, Sept. 26, with a reception at the University of Charleston’s Frankenberger Gallery (2nd floor of Geary Student Union). The show, up through Oct. 19, features very high-contrast, close-up photos of more than 40 area residents (plus one of the artist’s pug-nosed dog). The face at far left above is Gordon Simmons, who works with the W.Va. Division of Culture and History. Simmons was overheard to remark at the reception: “After I saw my photo, I told Mark: ‘Give me my soul back!’”
Related article: Q-and-A with the artist.
