Shifting: Michel Varisco

Location:

Heriard-Cimino Gallery
440 Julia St.
New Orleans, LA 70130
Tue-Sat 10-5
504-525-7300

Exhibition Dates:

Dec 5 – 31, 2009

Opening:

Saturday, Dec 5, 6 -8 pm

Shifting is a series of photographs by New Orleans native, Michel Varisco that focus on the watery lands of coastal Louisiana from land, water and air that is sponsored in part from a grant by the Louisiana Endowment for the Humanities.
“When left untouched, the marshes and swamps grow, shift, move and die according to the movements of the sediments, the winds, and the presence of salt, fresh or brackish waters. The land is a living organism that’s dynamic, much like the cells in our bodies, replacing what’s lost as it can, unless the process is interrupted dramatically. As an artist, I’m watching the accelerated shifting of this endangered land.”