The Midwest Photographers Publication Project (MP3) series, produced in collaboration with the Museum of Contemporary Photography (MoCP), Chicago, presents the work of three outstanding emerging talents - Kelli Connell, Justin Newhall and Brian Ulrich, whose work is registered on Your Gallery.
Via digital manipulation, Kelli Connell uses a single individual to represent two sides of an evolving relationship. This character--the self but also the "other"--represents what the artist calls "an autobiographical questioning of sexuality and gender roles that shape the identity of the self in intimate relationships."
Justin Newhall has spent the past few years following the Lewis and Clark Trail through the Dakotas, Montana and beyond. His series presents a lyrical exploration of the discovery, speculation and exploitation that have shaped our treatment of the land, focusing on the hyperboles of tourism as well as the way in which we incorporate history and mythology into the landscape.
Brian Ulrich shoots in malls, grocery stores and warehouses, documenting the bounty of commercial goods available to consumers and the peculiarities of the places that offer them for sale. The shoppers in Ulrich's pictures may be caught up in fantasy or quite simply overwhelmed.
Each artist is profiled in an individual volume containing 25 images selected from his or her most recent work. These three artists have been chosen for the strength of their work, its resonance with current themes in contemporary photographic practice, and to represent the quality of the work cultivated by the Midwest Photographers Project collection at the MoCP.
Founded in 1982 by MoCP, the Midwest Photographers Project is a unique collection of contemporary photography established to promote both prominent and emerging photographers from Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Michigan, Minnesota, Ohio and Wisconsin. The MP3 series aims to give greater recognition to artists on the verge of national and international prominence.
The publication of these three volumes in the MP3 series will be celebrated at an event at the Aperture Gallery in New York on Thursday 28 September at 6.30pm. The artists will be taking part in a discussion about their work and contemporary photographic practices, as well as signing books. |
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