Postcard from Curtis Mann's upcoming solo show

20x200 photographer Curtis Mann has a show opening tomorrow at Kusseneers Gallery in Belgium. The show is the first solo exhibition of his Modifications series.

From the press release:

For the series Modifications Curtis Mann appropriates and refashions anonymous snapshots that were taken in countries like Israel/Palestine, Lebanon, and Iraq—places where violent conflicts are deeply rooted and often seem impossible to resolve. Mann states, "I question what I've learned about these places and I realize I usually have to erase most of that knowledge and begin again—more open-minded, more curious, and more hopeful than before." As he submits the found images to substantial physical alterations Mann effectively filters them through a new visual vocabulary, opening them up for himself—and for viewers—to engage in a new search for meaning.

Also of (timely) note, Curtis was interviewed by Jörg M. Colberg, aka Conscientious, on his blog.

Allow me to tempt you with this snippet:

JC: Into what direction do you see photography evolve?

CM: Photography itself seems to grow smarter, more sophisticated, more intelligent at a pretty constant rate. I'm just hoping that we keep up with it, that we stay educated and keep exposing its tricks to the rest of the world. Photographs are fascinating to me because they are amazingly ubiquitous, and usually benign, but also have the potential to be extremely subversive, even dangerous.

Read the interview in in its entirety here.

connection, attempt (somewhere, israel)

If you can, pack your bags for Belgium and you just might make it to Curtis' opening tomorrow night, or, if a last minute flight isn't in the stars, fear not, the work will be on view through October 11th. And if you really cannot make it, Curtis promises to post images from the show to his blog as soon as he returns.

Kusseneers Gallery
De Burburestraat 11
Antwerp Belgium
info@kusseneers.com

Curtis' 20x200 edition print: Tree Tops, from the series Somewhere in Israel
Curtis' site
Curtis' blog