Photo: William Messer
What happens when a
photographer takes black and white pictures in a painter's garden? William
Messer's 20-year, off-and-on project in Monet's garden at Giverny presents his
own vision of a place already known through the paintings it inspired, some of
them currently on view at the Cincinnati Art Museum in Monet in Giverny:
Landscapes of Reflection. PAC Gallery opens Photographs of Reflection:
William Messer in Monet's Garden Friday, a photographic counterpoint to the
CAM exhibition. Messer's small format, 35-mm camera and black and white film enable
him “to expose more of the garden's underlying structure,” he says, rather than
attempting to replicate the paintings. The gallery, recently open only by
appointment, will have regular hours, noon to 5 p.m., on Fridays and Saturdays
through the run of the show.
Through May 26. 5-9 p.m. PAC Gallery. 2540
Woodburn Ave., East Walnut Hills.
