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OPENING RECEPTION
February 2, 2019 | 5pm - 8pm
EXHIBITION RUN
*NOW EXTENDED TO: Saturday, March 23rd
February 2, 2019 - March 23, 2019
GALLERY 169
169 West Channel Road
Santa Monica, CA 90402
Gallery 169 is pleased to present Janus Rising, new works by Sal Taylor Kydd. The exhibition, titled after the Roman God Janus, explores the symbolism of transition and new beginnings. Kydd reckons with middle-age as a woman, mother, wife, artist and human being, presenting images that convey the drift of time that carries our memories into nostalgia. As women in the early stages of a new paradigm, it is the responsibility of female elders to tell our stories. With Janus Rising, Kydd considers a different future and identity as her role as a mother starts to shift. Each image is an exploration of time’s passing, as Kydd explores the interplay between fragility and strength and the resilience of self.
Drawing strongly from nature, this intimate documentation includes 25 to 30 photographs using both alternative and contemporary photographic processes.
Janus Rising is Kydd’s second solo exhibition with Gallery 169
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Originally from the UK, photographer and artist Sal Taylor Kydd earned her BA in Modern Languages from Manchester University in the UK and has an MFA in Photography from Maine Media College. Her fine art photographs have been exhibited throughout the country and internationally including: Barcelona, Portland, Maine, Boston and Los Angeles. Sal is also a writer and poet, and has self-published a number of books combining her poetry with her photographs. Her books are in numerous private and museum collections throughout the country including The Getty Museum and in the Maine Women Writers Collection at the University of New England. Sal’s latest artist book, The Call, is a handmade letterpress artist book, and her book of poems and photographs, Just When I Thought I Had You, is now in its second edition. Sal’s books are represented by Patricia Juvelis Inc and are also available through Vamp and Tramp booksellers. Sal and her family reside in Rockport, Maine, where she is on the board of Maine Media Workshops and College.
GALLERY 169
169 West Channel Road
Santa Monica, CA 90402
