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  • Wish Book: William E. Jones Reception & Screening

    Crosstown Arts, Screening Room 1350 Concourse Ave., Memphis, TN, United States

    Reception/screening for selected work by William E Jones

    The Wish Book series is a triannual exhibition with a focus on artists’ films. Curators Brian Pera and Terri Phillips welcome internationally recognized artists, filmmakers, and critics to Memphis for this exciting new series, which takes its name from the famed Sears Catalog and is hosted by Crosstown Arts at Crosstown Concourse, itself once a major Sears distribution center. Drawing from a wide range of topics, techniques, and perspectives, the films index the scope of work being done by artists in moving pictures.

  • Wish Book: William E. Jones Artist Talk & Screening

    Crosstown Arts Galleries 1350 Concourse Ave., Suite 280, Memphis, TN, United States

    Encore screening of William E. Jones' Fall Into Ruin and artist talk by curator Brian Pera

    The Wish Book series is a triannual exhibition with a focus on artists’ films. Curators Brian Pera and Terri Phillips welcome internationally recognized artists, filmmakers, and critics to Memphis for this exciting new series, which takes its name from the famed Sears Catalog and is hosted by Crosstown Arts at Crosstown Concourse, itself once a major Sears distribution center. Drawing from a wide range of topics, techniques, and perspectives, the films index the scope of work being done by artists in moving pictures.

  • Wish Book: James Benning

    Crosstown Arts, Screening Room 1350 Concourse Ave., Memphis, TN, United States

    Selected work by James Benning | Curated by Terri Phillips and Brian Pera

    Locations: Screening Room, East Atrium, & 430 gallery

    Reception:
    Saturday, May 19, 7 pm — 430 N. Cleveland
    Reception, filmmaker Q&A, and screening of measuring change (60 min), 2016

    Screening Times (Screening Room):
    Friday, May 18 — L. Cohen (45 min), 2017
    Saturday, May 19 —  Ash o1 (20 min), 2016
    Sunday, May 20 — READERS (108 min), 2017

    East Atrium: 
    Screenings of James Benning's 52 Films project

  • Wish Book: Screenings of James Benning’s Ash 01

    Crosstown Arts, Screening Room 1350 Concourse Ave., Memphis, TN, United States

    Screenings of Ash 01 (2016) by artist James Benning. 20 minutes.

    The film will screen at 1 pm, 3 pm, and 5 pm.
    Curated by Terri Phillips and Brian Pera

  • Wish Book: James Benning Reception & Screening

    Opening reception for selected work by James Benning | Curated by Terri Phillips and Brian Pera

    Reception, filmmaker Q&A, and screening of measuring change (60 min), 2016

  • Wish Book: Screening of James Benning’s READERS

    Crosstown Arts, Screening Room 1350 Concourse Ave., Memphis, TN, United States

    Screenings of READERS (2017) by artist James Benning. 108 minutes.

    The film will screen at 1 pm, 3 pm, and 5 pm.

    Curated by Terri Phillips and Brian Pera

  • Wish Book: Lay of the Land with John Pearson

    Crosstown Arts, East Gallery, Crosstown Concourse 1350 Concourse Ave., Memphis, TN, United States

    Exhibition of photographic works by John Pearson
    Opening reception: Friday, Sept. 21, 6-8 pm
    On view: Sept. 21-Nov. 30
    Location: East Gallery & East Atrium
    These large-scale, landscape cyanotypes on fabric link the tactile and the visual by committing the photographic process to the physical landscape. Pearson works outdoors on the ground, making 1:1 indexical photographic prints during midday sunlight. In these photographs, view is replaced by elemental record; while the horizon, removed from the composition, becomes the topographic support and source for construction of the images.

    Pearson’s intention is not to convey the solely visual appearance of place — in this case, the arid southern California landscape — but rather to invoke a more dynamic experience of place by means of the transformative nature of photography.

  • Artist Talk with John Pearson

    Crosstown Arts, East Gallery, Crosstown Concourse 1350 Concourse Ave., Memphis, TN, United States

    Artist John Pearson will discuss his work in Wish Book: Lay of the Land.

  • Opening Reception for Wish Book: Lay of the Land with John Pearson

    Crosstown Arts, East Gallery, Crosstown Concourse 1350 Concourse Ave., Memphis, TN, United States

    Exhibition of photographic works by John Pearson
    On view: Sept. 21-Nov. 30
    Location: East Gallery & East Atrium

    These large-scale, landscape cyanotypes on fabric link the tactile and the visual by committing the photographic process to the physical landscape. Pearson works outdoors on the ground, making 1:1 indexical photographic prints during midday sunlight. In these photographs, view is replaced by elemental record; while the horizon, removed from the composition, becomes the topographic support and source for construction of the images.

    Pearson’s intention is not to convey the solely visual appearance of place — in this case, the arid southern California landscape — but rather to invoke a more dynamic experience of place by means of the transformative nature of photography.