Photographs Do Not Bend presents: Twenty-One

The exhibit features photographs by: Cuban born Mario Algaze, Italian Neo-Realist Mario DeBiasi, Magnum photographer, Elliott Erwitt and Texas artists Chuy Benitez, John Herrin, David Johndrow.

El Paso artist, Chuy Benitez, photographs the Hispanic culture in his hometown. His large panoramic image of a mariachi band playing in a local Hispanic grocery store explodes with festive sound and energy.

Mario DeBiasi, Gli italiani si voltano, 1956

Houston artist John Herrin's abstract color photographs are an homage to the significant 20th Century American artist, Aaron Siskind. Siskind's black and white photographs of cracks and tar in our urban landscape were a tribute to fellow abstract expressionist Franz Kline's bold brushwork. Herrin has brought this forward to the 21st Century by using an 8 x 10 camera to explore similar beauty, also in dramatic, painterly fashion, in color.

This is a sensational mix of documentary and conceptual work by established and emerging talents.

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John Albok Gallery
When:
Tuesdays from 11 a.m. to 6 p.m.
Wednesdays from 11 a.m. to 6 p.m.
Thursdays from 11 a.m. to 6 p.m.
Fridays from 11 a.m. to 6 p.m.
Saturdays from 11 a.m. to 6 p.m.
Start date: Saturday, June 21, 2008
Event is ongoing: Until Saturday, July 19, 2008
Where: Photographs Do Not Bend Gallery, 1202 Dragon Street, Dallas
Cost: Free
Age limit: All ages