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Press Release Checklist Jeff Whetstone Post-Pleistocene September 12 - October 25, 2008 Julie Saul Gallery is pleased to announce our first solo exhibition of photographs by Jeff Whetstone. Whetstone is known for his depictions of rural southern men and the liminal space between culture and wilderness; man and animal. In a new body of work, Post-Pleistocene, Whetstone explores this theme through photographs of the interiors of caves. A native of Tennessee, Whetstone engages the intimacy and community of the world underground. During the Civil War, caves in Tennessee and Alabama were mined for their saltpetre soil, which was used to produce gunpowder. These caves have since become sites of lore, obsession, and extensive exploration, resulting in an expansive record of human markings, signatures, drawings, and messages. The caves have been so heavily visited that the markings are often several layers deep. Whetstone sees these cave walls in relation to Pleistocene era drawings, like those in the caves of Lascaux, France. Here he finds the evolution of human expression represented - from frank representations of nature, to layered, expressive gestures reflecting a culture fascinated with personal identity. The exhibition features twelve large-scale chromogenic prints of cave chambers and passageways that archive the expressions of visitors - homegrown explorers, wild adolescents, criminals, scientists, slaves. Their names, messages and drawings intertwine with entropic, bodily formations of cave walls depicting complex narratives. JEFF WHETSTONE POST-PLEISTOCENE SEPTEMBER 12- OCTOBER 25, 2008 Entrance: Upper Room, 2007 chromogenic print mounted on sintra with satin lamination 49 5/8 x 39 3/4 image, 51 1/4 x 41 1/2 framed edition 2/5 Three-quarter Figure, 2008 chromogenic print mounted on sintra with satin lamination 23 7/8 x 19 image, 25 x 20 framed edition 1/8 East wall: Driphole, 2008 chromogenic print mounted on sintra with satin lamination 59 3/4 x 74 3/4 image, 61 1/4 x 76 1/4 framed edition 1/3 North wall: Marks Passage, 2006 chromogenic print mounted on sintra with satin lamination 39 3/4 x 49 5/8 image, 41 1/2 x 51 1/4 framed edition 1/5 Renegade Room, 2008 chromogenic print mounted on sintra with satin lamination 39 3/4 x 49 5/8 image, 41 1/2 x 51 1/4 framed edition 1/5 Registry, 2008 chromogenic print mounted on sintra with satin lamination 39 3/4 x 49 5/8 image, 41 1/2 x 51 1/4 framed edition 1/5 Saltpetre Talley Marks, 2008 chromogenic print mounted on sintra with satin lamination 39 3/4 x 49 5/8 image, 41 1/2 x 51 1/4 framed edition 1/5 West wall: Johnny, 2007 chromogenic print mounted on sintra with satin lamination 59 1/2 x 61 1/4 image, 61 1/4 x 77 framed edition 2/3 South wall: Cys Valley, 2007 chromogenic print mounted on sintra with satin lamination 39 3/4 x 49 5/8 image, 41 1/2 x 51 1/4 framed edition 2/5 Lots Way, 2008 chromogenic print mounted on sintra with satin lamination 39 3/4 x 49 5/8 image, 41 1/2 x 51 1/4 framed edition 1/5 The photographs are available in both 40 x 50 and 60 x 72. Three-quarter Figure is only available in 24 x 20. top For additional information contact the gallery back |
 Upper Room, 2007  Three-quarter Figure, 2008  Driphole, 2008 
Mark's Passage, 2006
Renegade Room, 2008
Registry, 2008 Saltpetre Talley Marks, 2008  Johnny, 2007  Cy's Valley, 2007 
Lot's Way, 2008 |