PHOTOGRAPHER
& AWARD-WINNING FILMMAKER, ARLENE BOGNA’S
SAFARI AMERICANA: SCENES OF DELIGHT PHOTOGRAPHS
FIRST SOLO EXHIBIT AT
GALLERY 825 IN WEST HOLLYWOOD ON SATURDAY, JUNE 21, 2008
- JULY 18, 2008
Hollywood, CA Photographer & Award-winning
Filmmaker, Arlene
Bogna's Safari Americana: Scenes of Delight
first solo photographic exhibit to be held at Gallery 825 on Saturday,
June 21, 2008 from 6pm – 9pm featuring large, special edition
color photographs. Bogna’s raw analog photographic exhibit
explores our relationship with animals and our need for them in
a whimsical, yet thoughtful fashion.
“Part social commentary about [the] role of animals in contemporary
culture and part multi-media burlesque - Arlene Bogna’s
Safari Americana: Scenes of Delight delights its audience
with a myriad of narratives and constructs, all in service of
a provocative yet successful formalism,” says Executive
Director Los
Angeles Art Association (LAAA) / Gallery 825, Peter Mays.
“In Safari Americana: Scenes of Delight, I wanted to explore
this instinct of ours, a strange impulse to connect with, or show
dominion over, our fictitious animal friends,” says Photographer,
Arlene Bogna. “I created these photographs using toy cameras
with experimental techniques, including cross-processing, light
leaks, pushed colors, expired film, and custom printing to capture
my memories with a sense of play and discovery.”
An award-winning Writer/Director and Photographer, Bogna has received
two KidsFirst! Awards for her screenplay, 'Earth Kids' (co-written
with Nicole Schubert), and a Telly, Platinum Best of Show Aurora,
Davey, and Remi, for her narrative PSA "Canvas" which
she created for the art non-profit, A
Window Between Worlds, produced by Women
In Film. Bogna’s art and film background includes fine
art classes in color, composition, painting and drawing at The
Art Center and Otis Parsons, film and media at the Universita
di Bologna, Italy, culminating in a Film and Italian Literature
degree from UCLA. She continues to expand upon her art education.
For more information, go to www.arlenebognafineart.com.
Gallery 825 is located at 825 La Cienega Blvd, Los Angeles, CA
90069.
Free to the public, Safari Americana: Scenes of Delight exhibition
runs June 21 – July 18, 2008.
Valet parking is available.
Gallery Hours: Tues - Sat, 10 am - 5 pm.
For a private tour, or for more information, please call: (310)
204-4665.
Exhibition
runs June 21 – July 18, 2008.
Gallery 825
825 La Cienega Blvd.
Los Angeles , CA 90069 |
