Lucid images reflect student preoccupations

First of two photo exhibits up in the FOFA gallery in the EV Building

This striking image is part of the exhibit now on display in the windows of the York Corridor in the EV Complex. Lucid shows the works of 10 first and second year MFA students, who study under the professorship of Geneviève Cadieux.

This photograph, “I Prayed That You Would Love Me And That You Would Not Love Me” (2005) was snapped by Meera Margaret Singh, whose creations explore the relationship between people and the spaces they inhabit, and tempt the viewer to slip into the more lurid realm of the voyeur.

Lucid has been cleaved into two halves, each with its own opening. The first half of the show, which takes place until March 23, will showcase projects by first-year students whose work addresses a range of photographic concerns. Besides Singh, Alyssa Andrews, Nicholas Hoban, Darren Ell and Susi Brister have work exhibited.

The second half will feature the time-based work of second-year students: Olga Chagaoutdinova. Leigh Davis, Esther Choi, Erika Kierulf and Margaret McLean.

The first vernissage is March 10, the second on March 31. Both are at 6 p.m. in the Faculty of Fine Arts (FOFA) Gallery Vitrine on the main floor of the EV Complex (1515 Ste. Catherine St. W.). The show closes its shutters on April 23.