Philip Bowser in the Blue Sky Gallery drawers

June 1 through July 31, 2023

Blue Sky Gallery
122 NW 8th Avenue
Portland, Oregon 97209 USA
503-225-0210
Wednesday – Saturday 12 – 5 pm
bluesky@blueskygallery.org
http://www.blueskygallery.org/

Portland artist, Philip Bowser, is pleased to announce a new series entitled “Behind The Assumed View,” will be available for inspection at the Portland Photographers’ Forum Community Drawer from June 1 through July 31, 2023. Visitors may remove from the drawer any or all of the 17×22” composite photographs for closer examination.

The premise of the series is that people have learned standards and rules for how things should be. These assumptions can be distortions of reality that help to maintain an unhealthy status quo. Photography and other media, portraying reality as it is assumed to be, at times could be complicit in maintaining the illusion of normalcy.

These prints are the results of my efforts to tear away the thin veneer of expectations to reveal a different reality, one desperately in need of improvement in many areas. Each one starts with a simple photograph, which is then heavily modified in post-processing to give the impression that a lot of work still needs to be done to create a fair and equitable society. The prints are difficult to read, requiring a closer look at the grit and distortions that are invisible when the assumed view is intact and unchallenged. They are puzzles waiting to be solved.

Viewers will find the images at 122 NW 8th Ave, 97209, Portland, OR 97209-3502, in flat storage drawers area of Blue Sky Gallery. The gallery is typically open noon to 5pm every day except Monday, when it is closed. Call 503 225 0210 to check for schedule changes.

Philip B. Bowser
503 560 9002
pbowser@me.com
@pbowser on instagram