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The Arts

Exposing the South

“Selma Antebellum, Selma, AL” by Corey Parten

“Selma Antebellum, Selma, AL” by Corey Parten is on display at “Southern Exposure” at Pinnacle Gallery through Aug. 12.

By Hannah Pittard
Published: Friday, June 13, 2003

The South has a place in the spotlight this summer. SCAD’s Pinnacle Gallery has opened its doors to “Southern Exposure,” an exhibition featuring the charm and charisma so inherent to the South. This photographic experience showcases work by SCAD students, faculty, staff and alumni, including Bailey Davidson, Perry Dilbeck, John Hames, Robert Herman, Brian Jolley, Stefani Joseph, Ginny Lee, Steven Mosch, Kathleen Thomas, Larissa Nadja Thut, Meryl Truett, Mark Uzmann, Kirt Witte and Lynn Wright-Buckingham.

The exhibition reveals true Southern character with photographs of everything from pecans and sausage stands to ladies in the park.

Corey Parten captures the telltale signs of neglect in “Selma Antebellum,” in which the physical integrity of a mansion is threatened by a leaning column. Andrea Gordon Murrill reveals the changing face of the South with “Fran and Katie,” in which two girls seem unwittingly to challenge the concept of the traditional Southern Belle. Perry Dick, on the other hand, captures a more traditional and seemingly quieter South with a series of gelatin silver prints. Setona Page also offers a series of prints featuring a different and arguably poorer side of the South with photographs like “Easy Rider,” in which tattooed man smiles with ease and self-confidence at the camera, and “Beyond the Sunset,” in which an aging woman holds forth a picture of a young girl while a man stands the background watching with an umbrella in his hands.

“Southern Exposure” features more than 35 prints, each of them offering a Southern story of their own.

“Southern Exposure” is on display at Pinnacle Gallery, 320 E. Liberty St., through Aug. 12. Receptions will be featured at two of the college’s monthly gallery hops, July 11, 5-7 p.m., and Aug. 1, 5-7 p.m.