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Two New Photograph Exhibits Opening at Arnika Dawkins Gallery on April 26th

Arnika Dawkins Gallery is delighted to host an exciting opening reception on Friday, April 26th from 6pm-8pm!


Arnika Dawkins Gallery, located at 4600 Cascade Rd SW, will be hosting an exciting opening reception featuring two solo exhibitions of work by New Yorker Builder Levy and Los Angeles based photographer, Aline Smithson, respectively. The event is scheduled for Friday, April 26th from 6pm-8pm.

About Builder Levy
Native New Yorker Builder Levy has been photographing America and her inhabitants for the past 50 years. His social awareness took him to areas of our country during tumultuous times. Seemingly Levy was everywhere; his commitment to documenting the world around him earned him the prestigious Guggenheim Fellowship in 2008. In Platinum, Gold, Silver Photographs Levy captures the essence of childhood in stunning images of children from around the world. His portraits speak to the universal stage of life that is youth.

Levy's work is in more than 50 public collections, including the Metropolitan Museum of Art, Brooklyn Museum, High Museum of Art, International Center of Photography, Victoria and Albert Museum, and La Bibliotheque Nationale.

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About Aline Smithson
In Spring Fever, Aline Smithson captures pubescent  girls on the verge of adolescence in an uncanny and disarming manor by juxtaposing their innocence and youth with having the girls wear aspects of the attire of women in a by-gone era.     Smithson states: "Spring Fever explores the idea of childhood and beyond, capturing 7-year-old girls wearing 1950's  spring hats. Juxtaposing hats traditionally worn by women half a century older with the visual of a child on the threshold of knowledge and sophistication allows us a glimpse into the future, and possibly a reflection of a face that wore a head full of flowers long ago".

This work celebrates spring by adorning it's youthful subjects with vintage floral hats worn by women of the past. The girls are placed in front of an elaborate floral textile which further highlights the season when nature blooms. This work is stunning in its colorful palette and array of colors. The symbolizism of the girls being adorned in  budding flowers as they are on the verge of "budding" into adolescence is provocative.

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