Shotgun Space

The End.

Fri, 11 Jul 2008 15:20:51 -0800

Shotgun Space is now closed.

We closed our doors at Shogun Space at the end of June. A massive thanks to all the artists and patrons who made our first gallery foray possible.

That said, we do have plans slated for the end of 2008. After a much-needed summer vacation, we'll be back; sign up for our mailing list below and keep your eyes here and here for updates.

Turn

Thu, 26 Jun 2008 15:31:01 -0800

Shotgun Space's Final Show, One Night Only

This Saturday, June 28th, 2008

From 7 to 10 pm

Come join us for Turn, taking place as part of our closing gala. Turn is a one-night only group photo exhibition. All photos are available in an affordable ($25! $50!) open edition for the night of the event only, featuring an amazing and eclectic group of photographers:

Brian Widdis / Johanna Reed / Kurney Ramsey / Greg Wasserstrom / Noel Rodo-Vankeulen / Paul Herbst / Ian Aleksander Adams / Charity Vargas / Zack Genin / Aline Smithson / Maury Gortemiller / Alex Van Clief / Marilyn Galosy / Jacqueline Truong / Casey Coy / Shari Simonsen / Lydia McCarthy / Paul Pescador / David Weiner / Katie Dexter / Thomas Macker / James Lundstrom / Molly Garvey / Kasey Andrews / Libby Dierker / Ian Hunter / Star Rosencrans / Michael Segal / Denver Billing

keep

Tue, 10 Jun 2008 23:46:29 -0800

Star Rosencrans

June 13th through June 28th

Opening reception Friday, June 13th, 2008 from 7 - 10 pm

the doubt can just roll off the tongue

Fri, 09 May 2008 18:44:18 -0800

Joey Lehman Morris

May 10th through June 8

Opening reception May 17th, 2008 from 7 - 10 pm

Today Is The Day

Thu, 03 Apr 2008 13:55:18 -0800

Andres Janacua

Opening reception April 5, 2008 from 7- 10 pm

Every Sunday and Wednesday evening through April 27, 2008

Alana Celii

Wed, 05 Mar 2008 02:58:14 -0800

Bio

Alana Celii was born in Chicago in 1986. She is currently pursuing her BFA from Parsons School of Design, and lives in Brooklyn. Her work has been featured in publications such as A Field Guide to the North American Family, Hijacked, Canteen Magazine, Ruby Mag and Look-Look magazine. Alana is the co-founder of Fjord; a project whose aim is to bring opportunities to young and emerging photographers on the Internet. She has exhibited work in group shows and photo festivals in New York, Dallas, Fremantle and London.

Statement

In the introduction to Recovering Landscape, James Corner states "Wilderness is a socially constructed idea, a landscape, even though it appears wholly 'natural.'"

Following Corner's assertion, the images in The Wild explore artificial and natural scenes that remove essential contextual clues, and displace them into foreign landscapes. Whether interior or exterior, both landscapes combine elements associated with the everyday and the synthetic. The interior landscapes are constructed with the intent of educating the public on wildlife; in a sense, these landscapes are for the spectator only. They have paths that move the viewers along and demonstrate how to view the environment.

However, there are barriers limiting how much one can be involved with the landscape. The exterior landscapes contrast this notion in that they are natural environments that are being re-purposed for human activity. The relics that are left speak of an expansion that fell flat. This human activity is reshaping the natural landforms and altering them into an idealized space. These sites are being created for human efficiency and ease of consumerism. While this is a utopian notion, it is the goal of these developments. Both types of landscapes are a modern conception. The interiors are a way of viewing and learning about what is natural. The exteriors are a remnant of what was once natural, but are now decayed and abandoned. Although these spaces are both still strangely beautiful, there is a subtle but ominous presence of how we will view landscapes in the future.

See more of Alana Celii's work on her portfolio site.

Nicole Jean Hill

Wed, 05 Mar 2008 02:50:44 -0800

Bio

Critters

As our subjugation of nature appears to have irreversibly isolated the human from the nonhuman, I explore the kinship we seek in the animal world. In Towards a Philosophy of Nature, Robert P. Harrison suggests that, "precisely at the moment when we have overcome the earth and become unearthly in our modes of dwelling...we insist on our kinship with the animal world. We suffer these days from a new form of collective anxiety: species loneliness." The creatures in my photographs perform various functions for their human counterparts: food, companionship, ornament. Sometimes these functions intersect. Through an examination of animals and our relationship to them, I address the ambiguous hierarchy of imposition and tenderness.

Reclamation - Ten Views of a Nebraska Landfill

Through my landscape images, I attempt to recognize a control that we assert over land with subject matter that is neither spectacular nor extraordinary. Inspired by the woodblock print series 36 Views of Mount Fuji by Japanese artist Hokusai, I photographed the Douglas County landfill outside of Omaha, Nebraska over a two-year period. The landfill functioned as a geographic landmark that helped me navigate the commute from home to work and back. Nestled in the rolling hills of the countryside, the landfill mimicked the natural landscape when seen from certain vantage points, while revealing itself as a manmade heap from others.

See more of Nicole Jean Hill's work on her portfolio site.

Nature Morte

Mon, 03 Mar 2008 02:12:53 -0800

Alana Celii
Nicole Jean Hill
Yuki Ando

Opening reception March 8, 2008 from 7- 10 pm

Show runs through March 30, 2008

Ian Hunter

Wed, 30 Jan 2008 19:38:32 -0800

Untitled (from the series entitled The Fall ), 2007, Archival Pigment print, 20 x 24 inches, Edition of 5

Huntington Beach, 2005, Archival Pigment print, 20 x 24 inches, Edition of 5

Turn (2), 2005-2008, Archival Pigment print, 12 x 40 inches, Edition of 3

Untitled, 2007, Archival Pigment print, 8 x 10 inches, Edition of 5

Untitled, 2007, Archival Pigment print, 20 x 24 inches, Edition of 5

Untitled, 2006, Archival Pigment print, 8 x 10 inches, Edition of 5

Untitled (from the series entitled O.C. Nightscapes ), 2005, Archival Pigment print, 20 x 24 inches, Edition of 5

All images featured in the exhibition Real Things (The End of Summer), January-February 2008.

Real Things

Fri, 11 Jan 2008 23:28:44 -0800

(The End of Summer)

The photographs of Ian Hunter

Opening reception January 26, 2008 from 7- 10 pm

Show runs through February 24, 2008

Turn

Sun, 06 Jan 2008 23:20:09 -0800

This Saturday, June 28th, 2008

From 7 to 10 pm

Come join us for Turn, taking place as part of our closing gala. Turn is a one-night only group photo exhibition. All photos are available in an open edition only for the night of the event, featuring an amazing and eclectic group of photographers:

Brian Widdis / Johanna Reed / Kurney Ramsey / Greg Wasserstrom / Noel Rodo-Vankeulen / Paul Herbst / Ian Aleksander Adams / Charity Vargas / Zack Genin / Aline Smithson / Maury Gortemiller / Alex Van Clief / Marilyn Galosy / Jacqueline Truong / Casey Coy / Shari Simonsen / Lydia McCarthy / Paul Pescador / David Weiner / Katie Dexter / Thomas Macker / James Lundstrom / Molly Garvey / Kasey Andrews / Libby Dierker / Ian Hunter / Star Rosencrans

Roadways and Topographies

Thu, 01 Nov 2007 00:42:59 -0800

views of the American landscape

Now extended through December 16th

Closing Reception December 8th, 7 to 10 pm

Featuring the photographs of:
Patti Hallock
Bryan Lear
Kurney Ramsey
Shawn Records
Brian Widdis

Night of the Witches

Mon, 29 Oct 2007 11:26:37 -0800

One Night Photo Exhibition and Costume Party

Nicole Antebi Michael Beck Elizabeth Dierker Martin Diekhoff Leslie Doyle Molly Garvey Shawn Gust Melanie Heston Ian Hunter Andres Janacua Liz Kuball Jaime Macias Jon Mapel Lydia Marcus Renee Martin Angela Marklew Johanna Reed Josh Ross Star Rosencrans Jennifer Secord Michael Segal Larry Siemens Aline Smithson Catharine Stebbins David Stone Maya Tasaka Phil Taylor Jacqueline Truong Charity Vargas Greg Wasserstrom Michael Werner

8x10 prints only $25! And have some candy and dance to some songs that aren't the Monster Mash.

See you there from 8 to 11pm, in your best Halloween wear.

Johanna Reed

Wed, 03 Oct 2007 02:54:31 -0800

Untitled (Football Field, La Playa Stadium), Johanna Reed, 2006, C-print, 20" x 30", Edition of 6

Featured in Inside/Outside, October 2007.

Bio

Johanna Reed has exhibited work at Gallery Ocho, Perch Gallery, Atkinson Gallery, and Caruso Woods Gallery. She is currently pursuing two undergraduate degrees, when not taking (or painting on) photos.

Fields statement

The five pieces in this exhibit are taken from the series Fields, which consists of prints from 35-mm film of sports fields in Santa Barbara, CA. The intended functionality of these locations often eclipses the visual design that they inadvertently demonstrate. Fields aims to show the aesthetic by-product at work on spaces built for non-aesthetic purposes.

Johanna Reed

Liz Kuball

Wed, 03 Oct 2007 02:37:56 -0800

Downtown Freeways Mini Storage #7, Liz Kuball, 2006, Archival Pigment Print, 12" x 18", Edition of 20

Featured in Inside/Outside, October 2007.

Bio

Liz Kuball was born in Washington, D.C., during the height of the Watergate era and raised in the same town in Michigan where her parents grew up. As an undergraduate at Indiana University, she studied English and history and dropped out of an introductory photography class after the first week. She holds a master's in English from Butler University and a master's in writing from the University of Southern California. Her photography explores consumerism and its ramifications--what we use and how we use it--and has appeared in A Field Guide to the North American Family, a novella by Garth Risk Hallberg (Mark Batty Publisher, 2007), and the Humble Arts Foundation group show no. 16. Liz was named an Honorable Mention in the Hey, Hot Shot! Summer '07 competition at the Jen Bekman Gallery (New York, NY). She lives and works in Southern California.

Liz Kuball

In Store statement

Between 1985 and 2007, the square footage of self-storage facilities in the United States grew 740 percent, and driving the freeways of Southern California, this growth is evident. This incredible expansion has been spurred by Americans' accumulation of things, gluttony of the material form. As I drove by storage facilities, I started thinking about what was behind those garage doors and padlocks. It occurred to me that the warehouses weren't full of meaningless "stuff"--they were the repository for all kinds of memories that people weren't willing to part with. Old furniture inherited from the recently deceased. Boxes of old love letters. Books and LPs and photographs. In this ongoing project, I look for the beauty in these places, imagining what's behind closed doors.

Shotgun Space

The End.

Shotgun Space is now closed.

Turn

Shotgun Space's Final Show, One Night Only

This Saturday, June 28th, 2008

From 7 to 10 pm

keep

Star Rosencrans

the doubt can just roll off the tongue

Joey Lehman Morris

Today Is The Day

Andres Janacua

Alana Celii

Bio

Statement

Nicole Jean Hill

Bio

Critters

Reclamation - Ten Views of a Nebraska Landfill

Nature Morte

Alana Celii Nicole Jean Hill Yuki Ando

Ian Hunter

Real Things

(The End of Summer) The photographs of Ian Hunter

Turn

This Saturday, June 28th, 2008

From 7 to 10 pm

Roadways and Topographies

views of the American landscape

Now extended through December 16th

Closing Reception December 8th, 7 to 10 pm

Night of the Witches

One Night Photo Exhibition and Costume Party

Johanna Reed

Bio

Fields statement

Liz Kuball

Bio

In Store statement

Alana Celii
Nicole Jean Hill
Yuki Ando

(The End of Summer)

The photographs of Ian Hunter