"Site Specific" Comes To The Chazan Gallery @ Wheeler

The Chazan Gallery @ Wheeler is pleased to present Site Specific, an exhibition of works by Alexandra Broches, Giacomo Fortunato and Mary Beth Meehan.

Alexandra Broches presents color photographs from her ongoing series Altered Landscapes. This series reflects Broches' interest in human interaction with the natural world. She examines the varied ways in which we adapt, beautify and preserve our surroundings. Broches writes, "My work is about place - place created and defined by us in relationship to nature, sometimes in concert, sometimes in defiance, creating beauty and devastation."

Giacomo Fortunato's recent series Ascension explores the transformations occurring in the Alto Adige and neighboring regions of Northern Italy. These images explore how the deeply entrenched cultural and religious traditions of the area exist alongside the inevitable changes brought about by modern life. He writes "my photographs do not attempt to provide specific sociological answers, but rather they portray my instinctive reactions to the contrasts and conflicting lifestyles of a very beautiful and unique region."

Mary Beth Meehan's work deals with immigration, culture, and community. Her goal is to create a connection with the people of those communities, whose identities are often obscured by economics, politics, or race. Her current series entitled City of Champions, responds to her changing, post-industrial hometown in the New England state of Massachusetts and has recently won a grant from the Massachusetts Foundation for the Humanities to be installed as a large-scale public banner project in downtown Brockton.

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November 15 - December 5
11am - 4pm Tuesday through Saturday
2pm - 4pm Sunday
Chazan Gallery @ Wheeler
228 Angell Street
Free
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