Point of Contact Gallery is hosting an opening reception for Moments of Place, an exhibition by New York City based artist Gwenn Thomas on Thursday, October 16th.

The reception will take place from 6-8pm and is free and open to the public. Refreshments will be served. Free parking is available the night of the reception in the Syracuse University lot on the corner of West Street and West Fayette Street.

Gwenn Thomas’ freestanding architectural fragments combine sculptural frames with shaped photos of doors and windows in a way that questions our perception of photographic imagery, particularly when and how it recalls experiences of lived space.  Here windows are the oculus  – the world viewed from inside the body from the seat of the brain located behind the eye.  The content of the shots — window frames, exterior and interior architectural spaces — represent portals into another dimension.  Thomas’ photos close framing and glossy window like surface, has the presence of and is itself both a picture and an interpretation of an object.

Moments of Place will be on view from October 16 to December 12, 2014.  The gallery is open Tuesday-Saturday from 12:00-5:00 pm or by appointment. This exhibition is sponsored by the Syracuse University Humanities Center, organizer of the 2014 Syracuse Symposium™ on Perspective.

Gwenn Thomas is an artist who lives and works in New York. Her work examines how photography shapes our contemporary perception of painting. She is a graduate of the Cooper Union School of Art.  She has shown recently at Exile Gallery, Berlin, Art Projects International, Rose Burlingham Gallery, NY; and Yvon Lambert.  Her work is included in the collections of The Metropolitan Museum of Art, The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, TX, Philadelphia Museum of Art, The Fogg Museum, Cambridge, MA, Sao Schlumberger, Paris and C.A.M., Fundação Calouste Gulbenkian, Lisbon, Portugal. A survey of Thomas’ work has just been published by Charta (Milan, Italy) 2013.

Point of Contact is also hosting two upcoming events in conjunction with Moments of Place including:

Artist Talk with Gwenn Thomas and Panel, Wednesday, November 5, 6pm

During this event, exhibiting artist Gwenn Thomas and panelists will present on these themes of perspective, perception, and the viewer’s gaze in regards to her exhibition at Point of Contact Gallery.

Poetry Reading with Christopher Kennedy, Tuesday, November 18, 6pm

Join us for a poetry reading by Christopher Kennedy of his current work to be included in a forthcoming publication Small Hope Factory.

These events are sponsored by The Syracuse University Humanities Center, organizer of the 2014 Syracuse Symposium™ on Perspective, and are supported by the College of Arts and Sciences and the Coalition of Museums and Art Centers at Syracuse University.