POLYSACCHARIDE: The Dollhouse Drama

a solo black & white photography exhibit

by

WAWI NAVARROZA

at

BLACKSOUP PROJECT ARTSPACE
June 11 - July 12, 2005

June 11, 2005, Saturday, 6PM
opening reception & cocktails

After its long procession from the darkroom to private hands, to magazine pages, to bars, to dusty corners and dim places, Polysaccharide: The Dollhouse Drama is formally exhibited in its entirety, in large prints, for the first time. The series harks back to the year 2000.

The photographs on exhibit are 13 hand-processed black & white silver gelatin prints enlarged to 16" x 20".

The series is a trip into the Jungian psyche. Polysaccharide deals with the idea of 'sheltering' head-to-head with 'liberation'. Fundamentally, it is an archetypal story of a young woman coming of age.

The symbolic visual narrative showcases the artist's unique take on photography as the 'recorded image' on film is challenged with deliberate chemical experimentations and hand manipulation.

Polysaccharide: The Dollhouse Drama was made when the artist was 19 years of age.

Special thanks to GINTONG SINING ART CENTER for the generous support.


(If you wish the Art Statement and Technical Data of Polysaccharide: The Dollhouse Drama to be posted in this web log, please drop a request to Magus, The Librarian.)

UPDATE: The complete Art Statement of Polysaccharide: The Dollhouse Drama is published as a full-length feature on Wawi Navarroza in the SEPTEMBER 2005 cover story of URGE magazine, Philippines.