MMFA Artist AMY ELKINS is currently featured in Aperture magazine’s “Prison Nation” issue.
https://aperture.org/exhibition/prison-nation-2018/
Incarceration impacts all of us. “Americans, even those who have never been to a prison or had a relative in prison, need to realize that we are all implicated in a form of governance that uses prison as a solution to many social, economic, and political problems,” the Curator, Nicole Fleetwood, notes. Empathy and political awareness are essential to creating systemic change—and through Aperture magazine, and the accompanying exhibition and public programming, “Prison Nation” may provoke us to see parts of ourselves in the lives of those on the inside.
In “Black is the Day, Black is the Night”, a project that spanned seven years from 2009-2016, Amy Elkins explores how the notion of passing time can affect an individual’s psychology, sense of self, and perception of reality.
Check out her Exclusive Online Exhibition on ARTSY for more more images and information on this award-winning Series of works at:
https://www.artsy.net/mark-moore-gallery/shows
Awards and Praise for BITDBITN include: Lightwork Residency, Latitude Residency, Aperture Portfolio Prize, Diane Merek Visiting Artist Series and more. BITDBITN (book) shortlisted for the Paris Photo-Aperture Foundation PhotoBook Awards and the MACK First Book Awards and Winner of the Lucie Independent Book Prize. Work from BITDBITN in permanent collections at The High Museum, Lightwork and Aperture Foundation. BITDBITN (book) is in collections at SFMoMA Research Library, The National Art Library, Victoria & Albert Museum, The Special Collections at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago, The HAAS Arts Special Collections Yale University and many more.
#markmoorefineart
#amyelkins
#blackisthedayblackisthenight
#bitdbitn