Intentionally set to open at the first of the year, Carry On in the Dark is an exhibition of 7 photographers with Arkansas roots who bring to light the literal and figurative imagery of the Dark and what it looks like to persevere.
Curator Robbie Brindley posed the challenge of snapping pictures in the long cold hours of the winter night to six of his colleagues.
Brindley got the idea for the exhibit when thinking about long-haul truck drivers forging ahead and making ground despite the short winter days.
Asking himself what it must be like to sit for hours emerging from a dark morning and entering a dark night and then realizing that he is already familiar with this condition.
In addition to being raised on the red clay and rice of Arkansas, these photographers have in common a keen ability to capture a portrait. In some cases, the frame is wanting of a human form, but the portrait exists all the same.
With varying degrees of refinement and grit these seven lenses document what is often overlooked, dispense with the enigmatic, and present fractions of seconds of real life.
For Carry On in the Dark each photographer must do so under the cover of night having scattered themselves from the Arkansas Delta to the Ozarks and from Brooklyn, NY back home again.
Carry On in the Dark features Robbie Brindley, Aaron Brewer, Annie Gerber, Drew Martin, Marcus Menefee, and Kristin Shaw. Each with Arkansas roots their work brings to light the literal and figurative imagery of the Dark and what it looks like to persevere.
Many of the artists will be in attendance for the opening reception during Gallery Walk, on Friday, January 4, 5:00 to 8:00 at the Circle Gallery at Emergent Arts. 341-A Whittington Ave, www.EmergentArts.org, 501-613-0352.
