Nexus Foundation for Today's Art
137 North 2nd Street
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19106

Two experimental photography exhibitions open at NEXUS

Artist members Tasha Doremus and Susan Abrams, photographers working with experimental methods, will debut new bodies of work at NEXUS. Both exhibitions open Thursday April 10 and run through Friday May 2.

Tasha Doremus' new body of work depicts rich color images of trees in
the open wilds and in the constricted inner city. She is drawn to the
materiality of her craft pushing the limits of what a photograph is by
adulterating the negative or print itself with slices, tears or burns.
Doremus creates a tension between the placid subject matter and the
additional, destructive compositional elements. This reflects the
consternation felt by many that beneath the serene lives we lead,
there is deep anxiety and guilt with where our world is going.

Susan Abrams' body of work From Stillness embraces the arts of
photography and hand papermaking. Using the Buddhist assertion that
to discover truth the mind must be very, very still; Abrams uses the
stillness and quiet focus of her practice to generate energy. Her body
of work strives to make visible a still center within the surrounding
maelstrom. All of the images are printed on paper made from abaca
pulp, (derived from banana plants), and were digitally printed in
collaboration with Rick De Coyle of Silicon Gallery Fine Art Prints.