exhibitions

‘Femalia’ a juried group show at Praxis Gallery /  by Claude Peschel Dutombe

A wonderful group show opened last week at Praxis Gallery - ‘FEMALIA’, juried by Elizabeth Flinsch.

“We are programmed to understand gender and femininity within narrow and restrictive definitions. Photographs, both historical and contemporary, often reinforce these definitions and boundaries that no longer serve us. 

Photography has the power to transcend all manner of boundaries. It can blur miniscule lines between otherwise dichotomous realms of physical and philosophical space. If we are to reflect on photography’s capacity to challenge concepts of gender and femininity, we enter into an extraordinary opportunity to re-envision and expand our understanding of all who identify as women. We can confront our programmed understandings and reinterpret, both what is in front of the camera and what is behind it.

 Praxis Gallery presents photographic art or lens-based artwork that challenges, criticizes, redefines, and disrupts our concepts of female identity.”

One work from ‘Ayuthaya Heritage’ is part of it.

installation shots

installation shots

View the entire selection HERE.

‘The Staged Photograph’, juried group show @ Southeast Center of Photography /  by Claude Peschel Dutombe

Donny-baby traveled from Texas to South Carolina to take part in ‘The Staged Photograph’ exhibit at the SE Center for Photography.

The show is juried by Richard Tuschman.

View the full selection HERE.

View the full selection HERE.

Au revoir, Sayõnara and Auf Wiedersehen, Donny Baby!

Au revoir, Sayõnara and Auf Wiedersehen, Donny Baby!

from the exhibition catalog

from the exhibition catalog

Online Group Show - "Life in the Pandemic” - at Davis Orton Gallery /  by Claude Peschel Dutombe

Davis Orton Gallery - In this online exhibit, each selected artist has been asked to provide a brief statement about their work and life in the pandemic.

Davis Orton Gallery - In this online exhibit, each selected artist has been asked to provide a brief statement about their work and life in the pandemic.

Claude Peschel Dutombe

‘Dreams of a Distant Place’ is an attempt to reconstruct the visuals of my childhood daydreams when my mind started wandering, driven by a politically suppressed Wanderlust while growing up behind the iron curtain of the cold war in East Berlin.
For the past 15 months all those feelings of longing for escape were brought back to me while being locked up again due to the pandemic.

Featured in this exhibition are three works from ‘Dreams of a Distant Place’.View the entire show HERE.

Featured in this exhibition are three works from ‘Dreams of a Distant Place’.

View the entire show HERE.

"Blue Skies” @ 'Don't Take Pictures' /  by Claude Peschel Dutombe

In conjunction with the theme of Don't Take Pictures current print issue, “The Blue Issue,”an online exhibitions “Blue Skies” has been curated by Kat Kiernan.

BLUE SKIES

Blue skies/smiling at me/nothing but blue skies/do I see… 

The blue sky can be a canvas against which hot air balloons float gracefully, people are silhouetted, and clouds gracefully float. Peeking through trees, seen from airplane windows, or reflected in water—in all seasons, the blue sky above us is fodder for photographs. In conjunction with the theme of our current print issue, “The Blue Issue,” Don’t Take Pictures presents photographs of the blue sky.

View the exhibition here.

featured in this exhibition is new work from ‘Dreams of a Distant Place’

Online Group Exhibition - "Noir” April 2021 /  by Claude Peschel Dutombe

Analog Forever Magazine is pleased to showcase 73 images in this month’s online exhibition, entitled “Noir,” and curated by independent publisher, curator, educator, and photographer, Blue Mitchell. The selected photographs explore, both thematically and literally, the themes of Film Noir. Films that are known for the strange, erotic, ambivalent, and cruel themes of their plots that combine unexpected camera angles and contrasted lighting to make you feel.

The curator, Blue Mitchell, had this to say:
“With the mix of implied narrative and realism, I feel like you made an art film in stills that serves as an homage to the auteur film movements of yesteryear.”

featured in this exhibition is new work from ‘Dreams of a Distant Place’

featured in this exhibition is new work from ‘Dreams of a Distant Place’

"LENSCRATCH VOTE” - Online Group Exhibition @ Lenscratch /  by Claude Peschel Dutombe

Lenscratch on November 1st 2020: In two days, America will be waiting for the results of their voting efforts. In this critical election and profound time in history, we thank the photographers included in today’s exhibition who share why they are voting. Please please please vote.

An online group exhibition:

I am not American and I will not be casting a vote in this election but the outcome of it will have a global impact and influence people’s life beyond the borders of the USA, including mine.

Here is my contribution - The Donny-Baby!