OR your work might be children dressed as Martians, or lawyers in vampire drag, or dogs chewing on severed limbs. OR your work might be the humble (more believable) documentation of our interest in the mysterious, unexplained phenomena, the stuff of roadside Americana… Big Foot, cryptozoology, UFOs, monsters, aliens, etc. Think Victorian spirit photography or aura photography or back of the comic book “x-ray vision.” This idea could be visually manifested by photography’s natural ability to deceive and/or mislead through its capacity to convince us of the unbelievable. Meanwhile, the current show (Summer 2023) is on display at CultureLab LIC (Plaxall Gallery) in Long Island City until Sunday, September 10.ĬultureLab LIC, 5-25 46th Avenue, Long Island City, New York, NY 11101 -įor this call, I'm thinking something in the vein of sideshows and seances and mentalists and extra-terrestrials and con artists. It’s time for a little fridge pix and chill. As a broker in objects, he hopes to see beautifully crafted works, even when those ideas and objects are scaled for the ever revolutionary and free radical Curated Fridge. As a reviewer, Stettinius hopes to see fresh, unfamiliar, subversive ideas. He has worked as a fine art photographer and editorially, exhibited his own work broadly, managed a stock photography agency, founded a publishing imprint, worked as an educator, represented and consulted on photographers’ estates, edited photo books, written on the subject of photography. Stetinius’ background, and interests are diverse. The gallery produces 8-9 feature exhibitions a year one or two book related exhibitions and one unbridled, free-for-all, group exhibition each summer, Unbound!, which, through the purchase of works, has amassed a collection of some 117 artworks and artist books to date. The Curated Fridge Autumn 2023 call is now open with curator Gordon Stettinius, owner, director, and publisher of Candela Books + Gallery!Ĭandela was founded in 2010, its mission being to elevate the discourse around contemporary photography for an already vibrant arts community in Richmond, Virginia.
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