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80 Faces – Simon Obarzanek/Dane Mitchell : IMA @ TCB Grand Opening

Article published 11th Apr 08
80 Faces – Simon Obarzanek/Dane Mitchell : IMA @ TCB Grand Opening Look

What:
80 Faces – Simon Obarzanek/Dane Mitchell : IMA @ TCB Grand Opening

Where:
Simon Obarzanek: IMA @ TCB main gallery
Dane Mitchell: IMA @ TCB window space
IMA @ TCB, TCB, 20 - 28 Duncan Street (between Chinatown and Brunswick Street Malls), Fortitude Valley

When:
Artist Talk Fri April 11, from 5pm
Grand opening, Fri April 11, from 6pm
Exhibitions run till Sun May 11, Mon-Thurs 10am-6pm, Fri 10am-8pm, Sat-Sun 10am-4pm

How much:
Free

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What does it mean to be told your face is ‘interesting’? Is it a badly executed compliment, or a thinly disguised insult?

Melbourne photographer Simon Obarzanek has photographed hundreds of anonymous interesting faces that intrigue him. Captured on film in a detached, unsentimental kind of way, Obarzanek cares little about the personalities or identities of the people he photographs, caring only for the structures and physical attributes on his subject’s faces.

First impressions could conclude that this would lead to the photographs revealing less, but somehow that sense of anonymity in a single black and white print ends up revealing more spirit than the average collection of hundreds of photographs on Facebook.

By Miss Ward

Gallery Type: Other

Location: Inner East

Medium: Photography

Keywords: Simon Obarzanek, Dane Mitchell

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