HEY, WHAT'S UP?
Hamburger Eyes Photo Epicenter presents "Hey,What's Up?", a collection of linoleum cut portraits by David Fallis. This exhibition recreates hanging out in a room surrounded by both friends and complete strangers. What do you say when passing a friend on the street? sitting next to a stranger at the bar? meeting someone for the first time? "Hey, what's up?"
Maybe you're thinking," What the hell's a linoleum cut show doing at a photo lab?"
Answer: The more than 150 images that make up this exhibition were reproduced from candid photos taken with either Kodak or Walgreens disposable cameras. Thus making it somewhat photo related.
The interesting part of this exhibition is the capturing of a precise moment in time and the subjects spirit and aura at that moment. Each carving is a meditation on the person whose image I am working on. The stripping of all color and the casting into black and white shows the vulnerability of the subject and is a reminder of the simpleness of...whoa, reel it in there buddy. When did you get all serious? I take random photos of my friends and make linoleum cuts of them. I make a limited edition print of one for each image. This started in 2001 as a way to document a group of friends who went on a roadtrip together. I've slowly been collecting souls ever since. I like my friends and I like making pictures of them. I'll probably be doing this for the rest of my life, unless I move to the woods and become a recluse cut off from all mankind.
David Fallis lives and works in San Francisco. He spends his time painting, printmaking, skateboarding, playing music and running his own picture framing business.
Hey, What's Up?
A Collection of Linoleum Cuts
by David Fallis
Dec 13 2007 - Jan 6 2008
Opening Reception
Thursday Dec 13
5pm - 9pm
PHOTO EPICENTER
26 lilac sf ca 94110
open mon - sat hours 10am-10pm