| Name | Andrea Modica: Best Friends |
| Address | 339 South 21st StreetPhiladelphia, PA 19103 |
| Brief Description | Photographic exhibition by Andrea Modica |
| Type | Attraction |
| Category | Art Gallery |
| Description | With her recent series, Best Friends, Andrea Modica took her 8x10 camera into high schools in the US and Italy for a compelling group of photographs of young men and women. The project began as individual portraits, but it quickly developed into photographs of two students together. As several of the subjects arrived for their appointment with a companion, Modica readily saw that the two friends offered something much more interesting than the single figure. The interaction between the friends, the physical and fashion similarities/contrasts, and the way the students reacted to Modica, provided an opportunity to look at friendship and sense of self among adolescents today, as well as how they differ between countries. Capitalizing on the slow, interactive nature of 8x10 portraiture, Modica was able
to penetrate some of the defensive masks and behaviors of the students to show fragments of who they are as friends and individuals. Beyond the obvious surface information (physical opposites drawn together; mirrored pairs who have found each other), Modica’s images let us see things like the bravado which has slipped for one boy, yet remains intact for his friend, or the defensive, protective pose one girl takes on behalf of the other. Notably, Modica is able to reveal elements of the personal, which elevate the pictures well beyond social observation. The subjects engage us as individuals, and through that connection we are briefly drawn into the complexity, anxiety and excitement of adolescent life.
Please join us on Friday, May 11, from 6-8pm for an opening reception with the artist. |
| Phone 1 | (215) 731-1530 |
| Email | info@gallery339.com |
| Handicapped Accessible | Yes |
| Time Allowance | 30mins |
| Website | www.gallery339.com |
| Local Visitor Bureau | www.pcvb.org |
| Last Updated | 5/2/2012 |
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