CONTACT: Arielle Bivas, 650-424-9855, abivas@ucla.edu 

Pacific Art League presents

Arielle Bivas - Godfrey DiGiorgi - Vered Shomron: Without Looking Before Or Behind 

PALO ALTO, CALIF., June 8, 2006 — Three artists with camera, pencil and brush dig into their hearts and histories to examine moments ... the Pacific Art League of Palo Alto presents "Without Looking Before Or Behind", a multi-faceted exhibit.  

Opening Friday, June 30, 2006, and on display until Monday, July 1, 2006, the exhibit will include large format color silver-gelatin prints by Arielle Bivas, digitally rendered black & white pigment prints by Godfrey DiGiorgi, and pencil & paint works by Vered Shomron. A reception will be held Friday, June 30, 2006, from 6-9pm. A discussion gathering will also be held for interested participants on Friday, June 30th, 2006 from 7.30-8.30pm. 

Arielle Bivas creates high-color photographs using a large format view camera.  By employing abstraction and playfulness, “Fluid” explores substitutions for the body and its capabilities, presents a fully physical intimacy through the eyes, and allows the viewer to swim in a familiar but unidentifiable world of flesh. 

Godfrey DiGiorgi works in black and white using a hand-held camera. His “Subjects in Motion” takes the viewer on a foray into motion itself, expanding the vision of a moment to contrast the quick and the static. It poses a frieze of captured time to reveal the fleeting. 

"A tattoo in my soul" is how Vered Shomron describes the Star of David - the Jewish, Israeli, Zionist and Holocaust symbol adapted from ancient India, which she draws and paints in an intense search for understanding and acceptance of her complex identities. 

About the Pacific Art League:

Since 1921, the Pacific Art League has been a gathering place and source of inspiration and instruction in fine arts. It is a membership organization, guided by a volunteer Board of Directors, and managed by a staff of professionals. 

Pacific Art League of Palo Alto

668 Ramona Street

Palo Alto, CA 94301

(650) 321-3891

Open: Mon.- Fri. 9:00-5:00, Sat.-Sun 10:00-4:00

Reception: Friday, June 30, 2006 6-9 PM

Gallery Discussion: Friday, June 30, 2006 7.30-8.30 

Pacific Art League is a 501(c)(3) non-profit fine art center committed to art

education, exhibition and community outreach.  

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