Re-membrance of the Remembrance
August 25 – October 14, 2018
Gallery Reception + Artist Talk: Saturday, August 25, 4-6pm
The Center for Photography at Woodstock
59 Tinker Street, Woodstock, NY 12498 845/679-9957, info@cpw.org
The Center for Photography at Woodstock is pleased to present the exhibition Re-membrance of the Remembrance featuring artist Hye-Ryoung Min.
“What matters in life is not what happens to you but what you remember and how you remember it,” Gabriel García Márquez wrote in his autobiography. Artist Hye-Ryoung Min introduces his words as an invitation to re-experience a past of a different time and different place. Specifically, her photographic series, Re-membrance of the Remembrance, revisits a past of her younger self in the form of seventy meticulously written diaries, and re-imagines this past through the eyes of adult maturity.
These contemplative explorations, captured during a residency at the Woodstock Byrdcliffe Guild, draw her inwards while also anchoring her within the tactile experience of her rustic settings. The resulting images are quiet musings that suggest a whirlwind tour of her life, only to see her stand firmly in the present. Respectfully acknowledging her younger view points, she resists their siren call. Here, memory serves as seed to new beginnings.
Special thanks to Hahnemühle. All photographs in this exhibition were printed on Hahnemühle Photo Rag® in CPW's digital lab. Additional support was provided by the Andy Warhol Foundation for the Arts and the Joy of Giving Something Foundation.
About CPW
Founded in 1977, the Center for Photography at Woodstock is an artist-centered nonprofit organization dedicated to supporting artists working in photography and related media and engaging audiences through opportunities in which creation, discovery, and learning are made possible.
CPW receives general project support from the New York Council on the Arts, the National Endowment for the Art, the Warhol Foundation, Joy of Giving Something, our members and other supporters.