Staten Island is not known for having an abundance of gallery spaces. In fact, apart from a handful of well-known resident artists who are not photographers, there isn’t a big market for selling fine art. The St. George scene with its close proximity to the ferry has had its share of gallery spots pop up and close down during the last two decades. Recent casualties were Vlepo and Tattfoo. The remnants of Vlepo exist as an archived website. Tattfoo’s gallery is gone but the artist (of the same name) is active in Brooklyn and Manhattan with several innovative projects.
Now there is SHOW, at 156 Stuyvesant Place, who had their opening a few nights ago. The inaugural exhibition features the avant-garde sculptures of co-owner and recent Island resident, Cynthia Von Buhler (pictured below) along with paintings by Lazarus Nazario. SHOW’s other half is Island photographer and St. George Civic Association shaker, Theo Dorian. Dorian directed a short film called Staten Island: A Unique New York, in 1986.
The new space promises to also present demonstrations, workshops, and performances. It’s a welcome addition to the St. George community.
I brought the handy little Fuji Finepix F30 with me and snapped a few shots at ISO1600. When I picked up this camera it was the only line of compacts which made shooting at a high sensitivity usable. Although it yields a funky spotty grain in shadow areas, it can be cleaned up in post and look pleasantly soft.
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