Howard Rubenstein’s gelatin silver prints defy the traditional
notion of figurative images. He creates evocative biomorphic forms
which exhibit grace and elegance. Rubenstein seeks to record the sacred
spiritual aspect of the human body presented in a way not seen before;
perhaps familiar, yet still unfamiliar in the experiential aspects
of observation. To see them -- to look at and into them -- in all their
ambiguity and grace, a visual that fuses the known with the unknown,
the seen with the unseen, is an exciting exercise of the eye to the
brain.
Rubenstein leaves the interpretation to the viewer. The specific content
of most of these pieces is intended to be ambiguous. Most are abstract
and all have been created in the darkroom without the aid of a computer.
He endeavors to challenge you in a playful way; to reconsider your visual
of the Bodyscape and experience it in a fresh way … and delight
in your response to it. |
