Opening Reception on August 9th 6-9 pm At Promenade Galllery An Exhibition of Photography entitled Image and Identity: Being ethnic
(South Asian) for Visual and Interactive aRts of South Asia (VIRSA)
August 9 -30 @ Promenade Gallery MOSAIC Festival 2012
Curatorial Statement Image and Identity: Being Ethnic (South Asian) seeks to portrays a
representational aspect that identify an individual in relationship to
its origin. Exhibition will select Images capturing essential moments,
customs, beliefs, feelings and emotions that define and portray an
ethnicity and its relationship to its surroundings. The
curators take their cue from Steve McCurry, an American photojournalist
best known for his photograph, "Afghan Girl" that originally appeared in
the National Geographic magazine. After his graduation in 1975 , he
left for India as a freelance photographer, where he learned to watch
and wait on life. Soon after, disguised in a Shalwar Khameez (native
dress), he crossed the Pakistan border into rebel-controlled
Afghanistan just before the Russian invasion. When he emerged, he had
rolls of film sewn into his clothes. Those images were among the first
to show the impending conflict, and later won him the Robert Capa Gold
Medal for Best Photographic Reporting from Abroad. It is ironic
that while McCurry's portrait "Afghan Girl", taken in a refugee camp
near Peshawar, Pakistan became "the most recognized photograph" in the
history of the National Geographic magazine, the identity of the "Afghan
Girl" remained unknown for over 17 years until McCurry and a National
Geographic team located her in 2002. Representational Imagery
and ethnic rites illustrates a natural and persistent desire for an
identification and relationship to the past. This exhibition seeks to
find images that initiate a dialogue between the particular ability of
the art of photography to narrate a story and capture the essence of an
image. Organized as a juried show at newly built Promenade
Gallery at 943 Lakeshore Road East Mississauga , this exhibition will
also be presented as an on line exhibition on the website of Mosaic
Festival. It will also be a part of the festival brochure. The
exhibition is the precursor to the four day long Mosaic Festival during
August in the Celebration Square Mississauga. Mosaic Festival is South Asian heritage Festival of Mississauga. In Its
7th year, the festival has presented high profile visual arts
exhibitions and productions. Mosaic l is a free event that takes place
at the Celebration Square in Mississauga and is recognized as a major
tourist attraction of summer in Mississauga .Visit the festival website
at www.mosaicfest.com to get more information about past shows.
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