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04.16.2008

RAANDESK GALLERY PRESENTS "REFLECTIONS" AT VINOVINO

Exhibition Features Multi-Dimensional Photography By Artist Laura Salierno

[New York, NY] –Virtually-based Raandesk Gallery of Art presents "Reflections", a collection of photographic works by New York artist Laura Salierno at VinoVino wine bar / shop May 8 – 29th, 2008. An opening reception and buying opportunity with the artist will be held on Thursday, May 8 from 6-9PM. This event is free and open to the public.

 

Laura Salierno's work captures real and created scenes from private settings to very public places. From the way crystal chandeliers reflect the light in the abandoned rooms of the historic Plaza Hotel, to the reflected figures in a bedroom or bathroom mirror, and serene figures underwater, Salierno's subject matter is time. Time in the current sense, the past tense, and how at any given moment, a captured image can reveal a little or a lot to the viewer.

 

"Laura's work is comprised of beautiful compositions where time stops and gives just enough of a story – a moment – to engage and intrigue the viewer," describes Raandesk Founder/Director Jessica L. Porter. "With titles like March 3:42, Salierno's images are literal moments in time, where the viewer has found a moment that she's discovered just a second or two before, and we're left to finish the story of what may come next."

 

Reception Thursday, May 8, 6-9PM.

Exhibition is on view through May 29, 2008.

 

Where VinoVino, NYC

211 W. Broadway at Franklin Street, NYC

Hours Mon-Weds, 12 -11PM; Thurs-Fri, 12PM-1AM and Sat, 2PM-1AM

Laura Salierno received her BFA in photography at University of Connecticut in 2003, after which she relocated to New York. Currently residing in Manhattan, Laura works as a freelance photographer and photographic re-toucher. Her work encompasses all forms of photography from candid documentary to the created image, using the medium to carve the world to fit her vision of it and herself. Working primarily in color, Laura's first love of photography began in the depths of the darkroom and although she embraces the digital world, she still feels most at home standing in the dark.