Anyone familiar with rock n roll photography of the sixties and seventies knows the name of Lisa Law. Her pictures of Bob Dylan, The Beatles, Janis Joplin and a hundred others form a memorable backdrop for that time. Lisa’s daughter Pilar has an equally discerning eye for the moment but now she has chosen to use it selecting and showing the works of others. Her new gallery, Edition One opened this year in Santa Fe New Mexico, home to many art and photo galleries and a thriving arts scene. Situated in a classic Adobe building on Canyon Road the gallery is nicely laid out and inviting, a perfect place for the themed group shows that Pilar is organizing. Her new show, “Heart” opened February 10th and runs until March 6th.
“Heart” is a group show organized around the theme of heart and the premise of one-off prints for each image. Edition One seems like a wonderful experiment aimed at finding a new way to show in a crowded art scene. For Heart she hung seventy-five small, reasonably priced prints in salon groupings around the walls. Walking around the room you could see the work of over forty photographers including well-known names like Willian Coupon, Eddie Caraeff, Baron Wolman, Ward Russell and Lisa Law and newer artists like Mark Berndt, Cat Gwynn, Gurudarshan Khalsa, Michael Kirchoff and more. The pictures were wonderful of course, miniatures reflecting on the theme of Heart in many different ways from literal to allegorical.
Edition One is based on an interesting concept, a plan to show contemporary photography available only in editions of one. Each picture is a unique print based on size or materials. Collectors get a one of a kind photograph, turning the paradigm of the reproducibility of modern photography on its head.
The opening night crowd was enthusiastic, looking, talking and buying. Santa Fe artists, photographers and collectors came out to see a new gallery and meet a new curator with a fresh vision.
Story and opening photographs by Andy Romanoff – http://andyromanoff.zenfolio.com/
EXHIBITION
Heart
Until March 6th, 2016
Edition One Gallery
1036 Canyon Road
Santa Fe, NM 87501
United States
Open Fridays 5-7pm & Saturdays 11am – 5pm and by appointment
http://www.editionone.gallery/
