New! See Lesley's recent work done at the Penland School in a workshop taught by Holly Roberts... |
The Attic Gallery 1101 Washington Street Vicksburg, MS 39183 Phone: 601 638 9221 FAX: 601 638 9221 |
The Attic Gallery 1101 Washington Street Vicksburg, MS 39183 Phone: 601 638 9221 FAX: 601 638 9221 |
Lesley K. Silver Lesley Silver's life has always revolved around art. Her mother, Klara Koock, is a working artist, who graduated from Pratt. Their home in Birmingham, Alabama was filled with original art: on the walls and in progress, as well as books about art on the shelves and tables. Because of Klara's success, Lesley never planned to pursue a career as an artist. She was married and raising a family when she took a trip out west in 1971. While visiting an art gallery in California, she entered a conversation with the gallery owner which led to her decision to open a gallery in Vicksburg, specializing in original graphics. The Attic Gallery has evolved and flourished since then, and proved to be a source of continuing education about contemporary art for Lesley. In the early 1980s Lesley received a camera as a gift, and became so passionate about photography, she made the first of many summer trips to Penland School in North Carolina to learn everything she could about the subject. Lesley's approach to photography has never been simple realism, she has always seen the camera as a tool of creativity. Using pinhole cameras, toning, handtinting, collaging, double exposures and a myriad of other techniques, Lesley makes images of a world that exists in her mind. The resulting works are sometimes so mysterious and uncategorizable, people are often surprised to learn they are photographs Lesley describes her approach to photography this way: "Being able to see just a glimpse of the world appeals to me. It gives me the opportunity to give my eyes to people as a gift, and let them enter my mind, my pallette, my world, and my sensibilities. I take the viewer on a personal trip: introducing them to my 'characters', and encouraging them to integrate these images according to their life view. Recently I have been using the pinhole of a handmade pinhole camera as a window into the world of my characters: small figures carved from wood or formed in ceramics, metal, plastic or other materials. The objects come from different cultures but in the space before my pinhole camera they become actors in scenes I arrange to explore different emotions." |
Pinhole / Van Dyke Print by Lesley K. Silver 5" x 8" |
Art in Tins Lesley's current preferred medium is collage in tins such as these two. These Blues tins were created from America Online tins which had contained the latest version of AOL. Lesley also likes Altoid (Curiously Stong Mints) tins. Since we can only consume so many mints safely, and all of our computers have been updated, we need more tins. If your home, office, or car is cluttered with unwanted empty tins of this or a similar nature, we promise to give them a good home and a second life as art. (What more could any of us ask for than to be art?) Send your tins to the Attic Gallery! Address is below. |
Pinhole Van Dyke Print 3 - $95 Approx. 8" x 11" |
Pinhole Van Dyke Print 2 - $95 Approx. 9" x 11" |
New! See Lesley's recent work done at the Penland School in a workshop taught by Holly Roberts... |
