New City Arts and LOOK3 Festival of the Photograph present Reality Show, photographs by Olivia Bee and Doug DuBois.
Photo credit: Olivia Bee
New City Arts' Welcome Gallery
114 3rd St. NE, Charlottesville, VA 22902
First Fridays
June 3, 5:00–7:30 PM
Free and open to the public. All ages welcome.
Gallery Hours
12:00–4:00 PM, Monday–Friday
LOOK3 Festival
Hours: Wednesday, June 15, 10:00 AM–7:00 PM; Thursday, June 16, 10:00 AM–7:00 PM; Friday, June 17, 10:00 AM–8:30 PM; Saturday, June 18, 10:00 AM–8:30 PM; Sunday, June 19, 10:00 AM–3:00 PM
LOOK3 "Toast The Artists" Event: Friday, June 17, 6:30–8:30 PM, catered by A Pimento Catering. Free and open to the public.
Passes: Individual passes to LOOK3 Festival Artist Talks by Olivia Bee (June 17 at 11:00 AM) and Doug Dubois (June 18 at 11:00 AM) can be purchased for $25 each through The Paramount Box Office.
Exhibition Statement (provided by the artists)
Olivia Bee's Kids in Love is drawn from recent work and continues Bee’s photographic chronicle of her circle of friends and new loves, capturing both the pleasures and terrors of the fleeting passage of romanticized youth. While the work continues to evolve, what remains constant is her seductive use of color and photographic artifact, as well as the immediacy and charge of each image.
Doug DuBois's My Last Day at Seventeen provides an incisive examination of the uncertainties of growing up in Ireland today, while highlighting the unique relationship sustained between artist and subject. It depicts a world of not-quite-adults struggling — publicly and privately — through the last days of their childhood.
Photo credit: Doug DuBois
Images courtesy of the artists:
Photo © Olivia Bee
Lenny blowing smoke, Berman Steps, Cobh, Ireland, 2009 © Doug DuBois
