01.06.12 - 03.24.12
Mr. Wild’s Garden is photographer David Weinberg’s provocative re-envisioning of his mysterious childhood
neighbor, Mr. Wild. Weinberg’s narrative body of photographs tells a story about a dilapidated greenhouse, a yard of towering weeds and a solitary, enigmatic man who inspired a range of emotionally charged images. Weinberg’s exhibition acts as a meditation on the natural process of growth, overgrowth and decay.
The series explores the passage of time through a sequence of photographs shot from different perspectives—the frightened and cautiously curious child, the old neighbor and the weeds themselves. The veil of fogged glass and strewn plastic camouflage a remembered reality, mimicking the murky atmosphere of early recollections. Mr. Wild’s Garden evolved from the series Deconstruction, an exploration of greenhouse architecture in winter. The unchecked growth of a greenhouse in off-season sparked the enduring memory of Weinberg’s strange neighbor.
Please join us for the opening reception on Friday, January 13, 2012 at 6:30 pm.
Please join us for an artists led talk with Executive Director Phyllis O'Neill on Friday, Febuary 17, 2012 at 6:30 pm. This program is free and open to the public.
