1878 & Brown Foundation Galleries
March 3 – April 15, 2018
Opening Reception Saturday, March 3, 2018
6:00 – 9:00 PM
Artist talk at 6:30 PM
Paho Mann and Leigh Merril
Collections, Keepsakes, Souvenirs
In Collections, Keepsakes, Souvenirs, Paho Mann and Leigh Merrill investigate our personal and cultural relationships to the objects we collect and environments we inhabit, while addressing ideas of value, memory, and desire. Observation, photographic representation, and the role of contemporary photographic technologies are central to their individual practices. Mann considers the role of technology and photography in the ways we observe and make meaning from mass-produced objects and personal collections. Through photography, video, and 3D imaging technologies, he examines the objects we own and consume to find evidence of our identity and culture. Merrill seamlessly combines thousands of images taken of the urban landscape to create digitally simulated environments that occupy the fine border between the real and the imagined. Her images explore the construction of desire, fiction, and beauty in our urban landscapes, and what she describes as “a culture of perpetual longing.”
Leigh Merrill received a BFA from the University of New Mexico and an MFA from Mills College, Oakland, CA. Merrill’s work has been included in exhibitions at the Phoenix Art Museum, the diRosa Art Preserve, Lawndale Art Center, FotoFest International, and the Museum of Texas Tech University. Her work is part of the collections of the Museum of Texas Tech University, the City of Phoenix, and the California Institute of Integral Studies. Merrill lives and works in Dallas, TX where she is an Assistant Professor of Art at Texas A&M University-Commerce. She is represented by Liliana Bloch Gallery in Dallas.
www.leighmerrill.com
Paho Mann’s work has been included in exhibitions at Arizona State University Art Museum, Tempe, AZ; Walker Art Center, Minneapolis, MN; and Carnegie Museum of Art, Pittsburgh, PA, among others. His work is included in the collections of the Tucson Museum of Art, the Museum at Texas Tech University, Nerman Museum, Overland Park, KS, and the City of Phoenix Public Art Program. Mann received a BFA from the University of New Mexico and an MFA from Arizona State University. Currently, Mann lives and works in Dallas, TX, where he is an Associate Professor of Studio Art at the University of North Texas in Denton.
www.pahomann.com
