Gloria Baker Feinstein: "Dreams and Other Things"

GLORIA BAKER FEINSTEIN

Sherry Leedy Contemporary Art

Dreams and Other Things

GLORIA BAKER FEINSTEIN Dreams and Other Things

November 2, 2018 - January 19, 2019 at SHERRY LEEDY CONTEMPORARY ART

2004 Baltimore Ave. Kansas City, MO 64108 816.221.2626 sherryleedy.com

“Unlike any work I’ve made before, the pieces in “Dreams and Other Things” are a confluence of photographs, filters, colors, drawings, and my imagination. These landscapes have become places of refuge - dreamy escapes to which I can retreat from the angry, divided, hateful, and intolerant country I currently seem to inhabit. Creating them has also helped me feel as if I have at least a modicum of control over what’s happening around me, which provides grounding and a sense of power amidst the chaos.”

- Gloria Baker Feinstein

Gloria Baker Feinstein got an early start in photography. At the age of 2 ½ her Kodak brownie camera became a constant companion. By the time she was in 7th grade, she knew how to use the darkroom and she went on to receive a MA from the University of Wisconsin in 1979.

For the next ten years, in the 1980’s, Feinstein set her camera aside and instead created and pioneered the only gallery in Kansas City devoted to the exhibition of 20th century fine art photography, the Baker Gallery. Picking up her own camera again on her 40th birthday, she began once again to make her own images. In the process, she created a myriad of poignant and emotionally resonant series of photographs that focus on human dignity and the world around us - Uganda, Identical Twins, Honored Citizens, Among the Ashes to name but a few. Her photographs are in the collection of the Portland Museum of Art, the High Museum of Art, the Center for Creative Photography, and the Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, and others.

In 2007, in addition to Feinstein’s importance as a champion of fine art photography, she became the founding director of “Change the Truth” which provides opportunities to Ugandan children affected by war, poverty and disease.

Kite Dye sublimation on aluminum, maple cradled panel 24� x 24�

Man Pointing Dye sublimation on aluminum, maple cradled panel 14� x 14�

Henry on Dunes Dye sublimation on aluminum, maple cradled panel 14” x 14”

Paddleboard Dye sublimation on aluminum, maple cradled panel 14” x 14”

Full Moon Dye sublimation on aluminum, maple cradled panel 14� x 14�

Trees and Snow Geese Dye sublimation on aluminum, maple cradled panel 24” x 24”

Near Bend Dye sublimation on aluminum, maple cradled panel 14� x 14�

Seagrass and Seagull Dye sublimation on aluminum, maple cradled panel 14� x 14�

Large Crow Dye sublimation on aluminum, maple cradled panel 14” x 14”

Seagull on Shoreline Dye sublimation on aluminum, maple cradled panel 14� x 14�

Cow Dye sublimation on aluminum, maple cradled panel 14” x 14”

Trees and Swifts Dye sublimation on aluminum, maple cradled panel 14” x 14”

Bird on Top of Branch Dye sublimation on aluminum, maple cradled panel 14” x 14”

Starry Sky Dye sublimation on aluminum, maple cradled panel 14” x 14”

Three Seagulls Dye sublimation on aluminum, maple cradled panel 14” x 14”

Snowgeese in Blue Sky Dye sublimation on aluminum, maple cradled panel 14” x 14”

Three Figures Dye sublimation on aluminum, maple cradled panel 14” x 14”

Boy Soaring Dye sublimation on aluminum, maple cradled panel 14” x 14”

Man and Birds on a Wire Dye sublimation on aluminum, maple cradled panel 14� x 14�

Four Figures and Birds Dye sublimation on aluminum, maple cradled panel 14� x 14�

Man Jumping Dye sublimation on aluminum, maple cradled panel 14� x 14�

SHERRY LEEDY CONTEMPORARY ART

2004 Baltimore Ave. Kansas City, MO 64108 816.221.2626 sherryleedy.com