DCCA Presents Gail Leboff: The Natural World
Through the Lens of Photography
WILMINGTON, DE, January 29, 2008. The DCCA (Delaware Center for the Contemporary Arts) is proud to present the works of photographer Gail Leboff (through May 4, 2008) in an exhibition featuring the pictorial and symbolic representations of our natural world. As artists recognize the transformations of our natural surroundings?seasonal changes, flight patterns of birds, or even human impact on global climate change?they find inspiration and draw connections to human experience.
Gail Leboff creates mysterious landscapes that display both the tangible qualities of nature, such as a winter stream, a fawn in a meadow, migrating birds; and the intangible qualities related to one?s memory and experience in nature. She uses symbols, such as the deer, drawn from the 19th century Hudson River School of painting, to represent the ideals of innocence and vulnerability in the face of the intrusion of man. ?Using these symbols, I explore a nostalgic beauty relating to our sense of loss and desire,? Leboff says.
Gail Leboff (New York, NY and Landgrove, VT) holds a BA and MA from New York University. She is a recipient of the 2005 Louis Comfort Tiffany Foundation Biennial Award. Her work is found in many museum collections, including Harvard University Art Museums, Brooklyn Museum of Art, and the Norton Museum of Art.
About the DCCA
The DCCA, a non-collecting art museum founded in 1979, presents more than 30 exhibitions annually of regionally, nationally, and internationally recognized artists that explore topical issues in contemporary art and society, as well as symposia, lectures and tours. The DCCA provides individual studios to more than 25 artists, who also exhibit regularly within its galleries and throughout the region. The DCCA has a variety of educational and outreach programs
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