Recessive Traits: In the Absence of the Dominant Element

Broadway Gallery NYC is pleased to announce

Recessive Traits—In the Absence of the Dominant Element

A group show curated by Natalie Chan,

On display from November 2, to December 15, 2009.

A Best of New York Project by Broadway Gallery, Recessive Traits exhibits photographs that lack information derived from facial expressions—the dominant element that delivers the most direct message in a photograph. In the absence of this dominant element, the photograph’s recessive traits are unmasked and deeper meanings emerge. The selected photographs involve a range of subjects, from figurative images, to urban landscape, to still‐life objects. They are united in demanding that the viewers abandon traditional modes of interpretation to derive their meaning. The group show contains two parts. Each part features the works of 10‐12 artists. The artists include both award‐winning and emerging photographers. In part I, we present the works of Heungman, Ivy Finkelstein, Christina Kerns, Katie Humphries, Lexi Adams, William Knipscher, Magda Biernat, Gabriela Herman, Jessica Bruah and Kelly Shimoda. In part II, we present the works of Carl Wooley, Natalie Chan, Rachel Barrett, Katherine Finkelstein, Savannah Sakry, Nat Ward, Marten Elder, Ahndraya Parlato, Sigurjon Guojonsson and Kotaro Okada.