VISUAL ARTS + MUSEUMS

FotoFest presents the exhibition Viewfinder: New Images from Texas Artists. From the Talent in Texas Exhibition Series. November 6, 2008 – January 10, 2009.

Presented by FotoFest and Houston Center for Photography (HCP).

Viewfinder explores the wide scope of photographic art practice today from traditional film-based still photography to video and installation work and features 15 artists from 11 Texas cities - from Beaumont to El Paso and Lubbock to Laredo: aces – FotoFest Headquarters Downtown and Houston Center for Photography in the Museum District.

The organizations have commissioned Arturo Palacios (Director, Art Palace, Austin) and Risa Puleo (Assistant Curator of American and Contemporary Art, Blanton Museum of Art, Austin) to co-curate this new exhibition, the third in a series.

Featuring the work of:
Ben Aqua (Austin)
Rebecca S. Carter (Dallas)
Piotr Chizinski (Lubbock)
Beau Comeaux (Dallas)
Emilie Duval (Beaumont)
Robin Dru Germany (Slaton)
Buster Graybill (Huntsville)
Anna Krachey (Austin)
Ivan Lozano (Austin)
Lupita Murillo Tinnen (Plano)
Justin Parr (San Antonio)
Zeque Peña (El Paso)
Eduardo Garcia (Laredo)
Ansen Seale (San Antonio)
David Waddell (Houston)

Photography and its inherent properties (light, lens, image) is the primary medium of some artists. Others use photography as a tool, picking up a camera when it suits the conceptual and material needs of their ideas. The images included tell us as much about the medium of photography—its role in our lives and the possibilities it presents for art-making — as they tell us about the people, objects and moments they represent. - Risa Puleo, Curator

The 2008-2009 Talent in Texas exhibition is a collaboration between FotoFest and HCP. The exhibition will span both spaces.

Pictured: a work by Ben Aqua.