PEACE-RELATED ART OPENING

History Repeats & Earth Beneath
by Tom Lee & Derek Stoops

2 Outstanding Exhibits at Living ArtSpace
Opening this Thursday, August 3, 5-8pm
with gallery talk by the artists at 6:30pm

History Repeats, by Tom Lee of Oklahoma City, is a photography exhibit of
quotations about politics and war; no mention is made of current
politicians. The point of this exhibit is that the nature of politics and
war does not change. When we forget the lessons of history we will repeat
the same mistakes over and over. Some observations seem to stand the test
of time such as Socrates’ quotation from 399 B.C. that, “All wars are fought
for money” or Jim Morrison’s assertion in 1969 that, “Whoever controls the
Media, controls the mind”. History is rich with practical lessons that apply
today. The challenge with this exhibit is to express a thought visually
without simply spray painting it on a wall.

The photographs in this exhibit are made with a Leica rangefinder camera and
a normal lens. I use black and white negative film; the images are printed
on silver gelatin archival rag paper. I did not use Photoshop or darkroom
tricks. What you see in the print is what was there. I made the signs, put
them in place and photographed them. The signs may not have been up for a
long time but they were in plain view.

Earth Beneath, by Derek Stoops of Kansas City, Mo., is a seven channel video
installation that explores the presumable segregated relationship between
media, religion and the viewer. Footage from the artist’s local news and
televangelists programming are used in a rapid montage style to create an
oppressive glossolalic audio immersion while the partially obscured visual
content of the seven monitors all facing the ground tempts the viewer to
kneel down so as to gain access to the corresponding visual content.

Living ArtSpace is located at 308 S. Kenosha Ave. Tulsa, Ok.
Check out the website for images: www.livingarts.org
These exhibits continue through Thursday, August 24.
Gallery Hours: Saturdays 1-4pm, Thursdays 5-8pm
or by appointment - 585-1234.