The Buddy Holly Center’s Fine Art Gallery will open their exhibit, Celebración, Friday, October 26. The exhibit will run through Sunday, November 25 and will be exhibiting my photograph Grave Exhumed by Hurricane Rita, 2008.
The following is taken from the artist's statement for Grave Exhumed by Hurricane Rita, 2008: "Made in the summer of 2008, the photograph depicts an empty grave in a small cemetery in southern Louisiana. Located less than a mile from the Gulf of Mexico, the grave was nestled with others under the shade of a small gathering of moss-filled oak trees. Many of the graves were undisturbed, but a few still exhibited scars from Hurricane Rita that directly hit this area three years before. This open, water-filled vault relinquished its contents at the height of Rita's fury. It remained abandoned and empty for three years, with only an undisturbed tombstone to identify its former possession."
The International Cultural Center at Texas Tech University will open their Día de los Muertos exhibit, Friday, October 19. The exhibit will run through Friday, November 16 and will be exhibiting my photograph Who'll put flowers on a flower's grave?, 2010. Made at a catholic cemetery in New Iberia, Louisiana, it depicts an empty vault containing discarded flowers. The photograph’s title was inspired from the lyrics of a Tom Waits song entitled: Flower’s Grave.
Both exhibits will be part of the annual Día de los Muertos Procesión, to be held in Lubbock on Friday, November 2 from 5pm – 10pm.
The Buddy Holly Center’s Fine Art Gallery (806-775-3560) is located at 1801 Crickets Avenue in Lubbock, Texas. The gallery is open Tuesday – Saturday 10am – 5pm and Sunday 1pm – 5pm.
The International Cultural Center at Texas Tech University (806-742-3667) is located at 601 N. Indiana Avenue in Lubbock, Texas. The gallery is open Monday – Friday 8am – 5pm.
Grave Exhumed by Hurricane Rita, 2008
16.7 X 25.9 inches (42.5 X 65.8 cm)
Copyright 2008 Richard Allen Ashmore - All Rights Reserved.
Who'll put flowers on a flower's grave?, 2010
16.9 X 15.8 inches (43 X 40.1 cm)
Copyright 2010 Richard Allen Ashmore - All Rights Reserved.
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