SHAW: Local Shaw Photographer/Artist features at Touchstone Gallerys New Show

Touchstone Gallery started its new showing last Wednesday and will have an opening reception on April 10th (see info below) with a reception fol,lowed by an Encore Reception with Artists Talk on April 25th. The Exhibition features Michael Lang, a local Shaw photographer/artist, titled "Slow Walking in NY"  and Marcia Coppel, Washington artist and one of the artist owners of Touchstone "Connect / Disconnect". The exhibits will be on display between April 1st and 26th.

Photograph Courtesy of Michael Lang

Michael Lang's previous shows at Touchstone Gallery and elsewhere typically focused on photo essays of marginalized groups of people with the most recent being "The Drag Illusion", a dramatic study of drag performers. For this exhibit Michael spent time in New York,"to feel the energy and inspiration of the city". Tthe show begins with two images taken within the Museum of Modern Art. One shows two levels of the interior, contrasting order and disorder. The other image is a study of people observing and reacting to a painting by Jackson Pollock. As viewers move among the walls of the exhibit, they will see images of contrasting messages pasted on public telephones, a couple on a bus seemingly in their own worlds but actually connected physically. A subway image shows a person looking for an escape from the crowd that engulfs her. Kenneth Cole’s store window speaks out for same sex marriage. People in Chinatown's Columbus Park play a traditional version of chess while others perform their treasured Chinese opera.

Photograph Courtesy of Michael Lang

Exhibit runs April 1 - April 26, 2015

Opening Reception: Friday, April 10, 6 - 8:30 pm

Encore Reception/Artist Talk: Saturday, April 25, 2 - 4 pm

GALLERY A
Touchstone Gallery Member Show

GALLERY B
“CONNECT/DISCONNECT” New Paintings by Marcia Coppel
New series of paintings based on Marcia’s loose, sprawling, whimsical drawings and sophisticated, rich colors.

Gossiping at the Tangerine cafe by Marcia Coppel

GALLERY C
“Slow Walking in NY” Photographs by Michael Lang
Michael Lang presents ‘Slow Walking in NY’, a photographic exhibit in which he utilizes his own disability advantageously to look at things slowly and creatively as he walks the streets of NY, one of his favorite subjects.

Touchstone Gallery is located at;
901 New York Avenue NW, Washington DC 20001
202-347-2787
Email: info@touchstonegallery.com