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Tami Bahat @ Catherine Edelman Gallery


Tami Bahat:Past is Present
July 12 – August 30, 2019

OPENING RECEPTION WITH THE ARTIST: Friday, July 12 5:00 – 8:00 pm

“Tami Bahat’s photographic tableaus harken back to these old masters, when window light revealed quiet moments. Using iconography from the Victorian era, she assembles intimate scenes for viewers to contemplate: in The Writer, 2015, a gentleman rests his arm on a piece of paper illuminated by the flickering light of a candle; in The Dispute, 2016, two chairs sit back to back, one with a woman in profile dressed head to toe in a vintage muted colored outfit, and in the other chair sits a baboon in profile, relaxed and poised; and in The Feline, 2017, a cat sits triumphantly on a table filled with fruit, growling at the viewer, as a fish lays at its feet. Through lighting, subject matter and metaphor, Bahat’s images transport us back to an era void of technology, when simple pleasures like writing, painting, or reading was the norm.”

Catherine Edelman Gallery
1637 W. Chicago Ave. – Chicago, IL 60622


Location: Chicago, Illinois, United States Type:

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