December /January - Guest Artist: ALLAN TEGER

Now Showing!!

COUNTERPOINT: A Study in Contrast- Photographs by Allan Teger

Show Dates:  Tuesday, December 3, 2024 - Friday, January 31, 2025

Meet the Artists Receptions and First Friday Gallery Strolls:   Friday, December 6, 5-8 pm and Friday, January 3, 5-8 pm

MEET ALLAN TEGER

My job has always been to help people see differently. That was true when I was a psychology professor when I directed counseling and advising programs, and now as an artist. I have had two major bodies of work before this. The first was the Bodyscapes where what is first seen as a landscape, then appears as a nude human body. The second body of work involved hand-painted black and white photographs. The hand coloring gave a slightly unreal feeling to the image evoking the feeling of a timeless moment, an energy of stillness. 

Now, in my new series – counterpoint - we are presented with two objects that differ in important ways. The difference may be natural/ manmade; sop / hard; or just very different in their looks or their usual functions. It’s the difference between the objects, the seemingly lack of any connection between the objects, which presents us with a tension that we need to resolve. The resolution may be to see the tension between the objects as a thing in itself. The tension has meaning; it affects the perception of both objects. 

Also, the meaning of each object is a function of their relationship with other objects. If we change that relationship, the meaning of the object changes. Some of the images involve using an object in unusual ways – such as when the leaf is used as we would use a piece of cloth. With the meaning up for grabs, we see the leaf differently. 

It is my hope that such visual experiences will remind us that we have infinite choice on how to view the world. These choices have profound influences on what unfolds next. If we remember that, then every one of our choices of perception becomes a conscious act, not an automatic response, and we literally create the world with our consciousness.

Each piece is part of a limited edition, signed and numbered. They are offered both as matted and framed prints, and as dye sublimation prints on aluminum.