SAN FRANCISCO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--In a unique initiative blending the worlds of art and cutting-edge technology, Hovering: Photographs at the Boundaries of Nature, an exhibition of large-scale works by theoretical physicist and Adobe senior principal scientist Gregg Wilensky, will show at The Dryansky Gallery in San Francisco from March 31 to May 12, 2016. Wilensky’s tech-enhanced natural landscapes began as photographs taken during his travels in France and California. Using high fidelity optics and tools he helped develop at Adobe, Wilensky enhances and amplifies the subtle spaces and shapes found in nature that are normally not perceived by the human eye.
Although the technological tools were created to provide precision for commercial photography users to alter reality, Wilensky employs these same tools to do the opposite: to allow us to visualize nature in a more primal way, taking inspiration from knowledge of our own low-level visual processing.
“Much of my professional career has focused on providing control and precision to digital photography…I am interested in exploring the opposite direction; what is the minimum needed for a photograph that is still true to the medium and spirit of the image captured and yet can stimulate our spirits?” Wilensky explains.
A senior principal scientist at Adobe since 1997, he is a self-taught photographer and painter, beginning with darkroom experience learned from his father, who photographed in World War II. According to gallery owner and director Janel Dryan, Wilensky’s background as a physicist allows for a depth of knowledge and deep investigative curiosity that is rare among artists. His ability to bridge the arts with the technological is significant as these two worlds are destined to grow closer together.
Fully inhabiting his dual role as scientist and artist in this exhibition, Wilensky exposes the edges of forms and plays with our perception of the 3D plane. In this way, he allows us to hover between truth and imagination, the real and the surreal.
Exhibition: Gregg Wilensky – Hovering
Location:
The Dryansky Gallery, 2120 Union Street, San Francisco
Dates
on View: March 31 – May 12, 2016
Opening Reception:
Thursday, March 31, 7–9pm
Artist Talk: Thursday, April 7,
7–8pm
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