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Julie A. McConnell Animals in Mind: Photomontages

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April 24 - May 19, 2007  Opening Reception: Thursday April 26, 6-8pm

Animals in Mind, at Ceres Gallery, presents a series of digitally and manually altered color photographs and stereographic cards by Julie A. McConnell. Dedicated to investigating human and animal relationships through photography, McConnell experiments with light, non-traditional installation, and breaking the photographic plane. Subtly altered human subjects walking down a city street or sitting in a park prompt questions about our place in the natural world.

 With carefully crafted images that seduce and intrigue the eye, McConnell asks us to consider our ambivalence and initiate a conversation about how we envision and treat non-human animals.         

Concurrent with this exhibition, selected images from the Animals in Mind series will be included in the group exhibition, Ni Músculos Ni Secreciones (Neither Muscles, Nor Secretions), in Madrid, Spain, curated by Veronica Ibarra. May 10 through May 16, 2007.

Information on that exhibit may be found at www.nimusculosnisecreciones.com. The forthcoming Seed Project issue of Artworld Digest will also feature McConnell’s work. The Seed Project is a curated printed exhibition of over 80 artists from around the world. Further information can be found at: http://www.artworldigest.com/home.html          

Julie  A. McConnell, a  fine arts photographer living in New York, exhibits locally and nationally. Her work has appeared in the books, A Thousand       Hounds: The Presence of the Dog in the History of Photography  and  Death in the Studio. She has a BFA in Photography from NYU’s Tisch School of the   Arts, 1986 and an MFA in Photography from Hunter College, 1994. Animals in Mind is her fifth  solo exhibition. Her work can be viewed at: http/www.julieamcconnell.com and the artist may be contacted directly at jamcc@rcn.com. Ceres Gallery 547 West 27th Street, Suite 201 

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