ART SHOW: Mark Wolfe photographs the ‘FRINGE’ of Charleston
Click photos to enlarge. Artwork by Mark Wolfe. See his website www.theartofmarkwolfe.com
Charleston designer and photographer Mark Wolfe is now displaying a photographic installation at Habitat for Humanity’s ReStore, titled “FRINGE,” now through June 30. This new installation features local residents who the artist feels “exude or demonstrate ideas, manners or talents that go against the so-called mainstream values of the general public.”
Each black and white portrait is two feet wide and three feet high, suspended from the ReStore facility’s ceiling. The individuals are not named or described. “I want the personalities to be the only reference of the viewer,” says Wolfe. “No name, no title, no job description. Just floating bodies.”
The photo treatments - high contrast portraits that float against a milky background - are reminiscent of Wolfe’s 2006 “Faces” exhibit at the University of Charleston. Instead of portraits though, these are the same kind of photo treatments but of full body, or three-quarter view shots of local folk Wolfe has known or recently discovered.
IF YOU GO: “FRINGE ” is up through June 30 at Habitat for Humanity’s ReStore, 815 Young St., Charleston, with an Artist Talk/Reception from 5 to 7 p.m., June 26.
Smaller prints are available for sale by artist with partial proceeds to the ReStore.
June 24th, 2008 at 10:11 am
[…] Mark Wolfe, who photographed the installation “Fringe,” will also be giving an artist talk. His stark black and white photography of fringe people in Charleston is hanging at the ReStore. He uses the word ‘fringe’ to refers to individuals viewed as marginal or extremist by the mainstream. Wolfe with give an art talk at 6 p.m., and there will be a reception. […]