San Francisco, September - Photo Epicenter presents "Nightmare Status", a new one-person exhibition by Jason Roberts Dobrin. The title is reflective of the times and status of the world, yet the images are subtle and suggestive rather than overtly political or narrative. The exhibition, which includes massive mural-sized prints and clusters of smaller-scale photographs, is intended to engage viewers to find connections between the images offered on display and interrogate them for what they may conceal, foreground, or conflate.
Dobrin's photographs navigate a complex social landscape, re-positioning different sects of people whose lives and daily realities might typically be thought of as unrelated, but who ultimately operate within the same larger reality. Intimate portraits of family-members and seemingly random images of strangers provide potential inhabitants for contrasting images of solemn landscapes, lone trees, and isolative architectural spaces. Although "Nightmare Status" is comprised of photographic images that stand on their own, there is additional interplay in their display, as each image contextualizes another, creating new layered meanings to view the exhibition is to decode it.
A book is also under construction to coincide with the exhibition, which will be available at Photo Epicenter.
Jason Roberts Dobrin graduated from the San Francisco Art Institute in 2005 with a BFA in photography. His work has been shown at Aqua Art in Miami, Diego Felix Gallery in Buenos Aires, New Image Arts in Los Angeles, and various San Francisco galleries, including the Yerba Buena Center for the Arts, Steven Wolf Fine Arts, 111 Minna Gallery, and SF Camera Work.
Jason Roberts Dobrin, "Nightmare Status" opens September 13th from 5pm - 9pm at Photo Epicenter in San Francisco, CA. The exhibition will remain on display until October 4th. Photo Epicenter is located at 26 Lilac Street in San Francisco, CA 94110 and is open Monday Saturday from 10am - 10pm. For more information, please call 415-550-0701 or visit www.hamburgereyes.com.
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