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MEDIA CONTACT: Helene Snihur hsnihur@rochester.edu
585.275.7800
September 5, 2006
TIME, DATE, AND PLACE: 11 a.m. to 8 p.m. Monday through Friday, and noon
to 6 p.m. Saturday and Sunday, from Tuesday, Sept. 5, through Sunday, Oct. 1, in the Hartnett Gallery in Wilson Commons on the University of Rochester's River Campus
ADDITIONAL EVENT: Reception and artist talk, 6 to 8 p.m. Friday, Sept. 8, in the
Hartnett Gallery
ADMISSION: Free and open to the public
To explore how images conjure up stories, Shanks constructs and then photographs rooms showing the aftermath of a disaster. Looking through the doorways in the photographs, the viewer becomes an eavesdropper and silent observer on feelings evoked by a room filled with crumpled paper or a bricked-up passageway. The color 20-by-30-inch photographs are displayed in white shadow box frames. Shank teaches photography in the Sam Fox School of Design and Visual Arts at Washington University in St. Louis.
FOR MORE INFORMATION: Contact (585) 275-4188 during gallery hours.
The University of Rochester (www.rochester.edu) is one of the nation's leading private universities. Located in Rochester, N.Y., the University gives students exceptional opportunities for interdisciplinary study and close collaboration with faculty through its unique cluster-based curriculum. Its College of Arts, Sciences, and Engineering is complemented by the Eastman School of Music, Simon School of Business, Warner School of Education, Laboratory for Laser Energetics, Schools of Medicine and Nursing, and the Memorial Art Gallery.
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