Photo Artillery - In the Realm of the Lenses

Stephen Cohen Gallery and Artillery presents "PHOTO ARTILLERY: In the Realm of the Lenses," a group exhibition from January 15 through February 19, 2010. This exhibition, guest curated by Tulsa Kinney and Paige Wery, Artillery's editor and publisher respectively, explores sexuality employed by artists using photography-based work. The artists listed alphabetically include: Ray Beldner, Kim Crum, Marta Edmisten, Gerald Forster, Walter Lutz, Gordon Magnin, Naida Osline, Christopher Russell, Austin Young and Carrie Yury.

"In the Realm of the Lenses" borrows and riffs on the notorious sexually explicit 1976 Japanese film, In the Realm of the Senses, directed by Nagisa Oshima. While the film was famous for its graphic sex scenes, it was also filmed beautifully. This group exhibition uses that range of sexual depiction; from the sensual to the graphic, from softcore to hardcore, including gender identity. Each artist brings their own sense of prurient interpretation using various forms of photography through the Internet, magazines, video, digital and film photography.