Misapprehended - Fall 2023 - Visual Arts

SHARON SHERO
I Hear You, 2017
Photography/Photo Montage, 66” x 44” x 2”
Juror: Enrique Fernández Cervantes
These images are from my series, “Dark Matters | Nigrum
Tenebrae,” where within each there is a veiled commentary
that inconveniences the viewer’s first impression. With a wink
towards Rembrandt’s chiaroscuro rendering, I began shooting in
my studio at night with a single light source, testing a range of
settings to find a mood suitable to the subject [dark] matter.
“I Hear You” presents two women appearing to be gossiping
and thoroughly enjoying their conversation. The man in the
background—is he eavesdropping? Are they discussing him?
Does he have an alternative intention?
My challenge here is to evoke a sensibility of bewildered
repulsion tempered with sleight-of-hand humor.
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