‘Sacred’

For the holiday season, the Candace Perich Gallery will present “Sacred”, an exhibition of photographs addressing particular belief systems subscribed to by millions of people around the world. Faiths including Tibetan and Zen Buddhism, Islam, Judaism, Christianity, and Hopi are represented in the exhibition, which will run from December 3, 2005 – January 11, 2006. Working intuitively, rather than from a conceptual starting point, Perich has selected photographs by six photographers whom she feels search for the sacred through their work: Scott Anderson, Sharon Collins, Yousef Khanfar, James Nicholls, Owen Seumptewa, and Dennis Toff . Each artist brings a particular religious outlook to their photographs that are often mysterious, poetic and, it is hoped, inspiring, in the coming winter months. “Sacred” will invite us to contemplate and reflect upon the divine aspect of our lives.