Fred Muram
Kissing the Ceiling
on view: May 9th - June 13th, 2009
opening reception: May 9th, 6 - 8 pm
LaMontagne Gallery is pleased to announce the opening of Fred Muram’s show Kissing the Ceiling.
Fred Muram, similar to Brad Phillips, is presenting the viewer with images taken from familiar circumstances in everyday life. The purpose of Muram’s photographs however, is not just to present us with these familiarities, but also to underscore the importance of our understanding of them. In a series of 12 photographs (a selection of which are on view), the artist has captured various people kissing the ceiling in, what we can only presume to be different areas of their homes. The artist makes the point that as a society, and as individuals, we so easily become disconnected from our surroundings. Kissing the Ceiling is a series of photographs about people paying homage to their ceilings: a place so easily forgotten, but so integral in our association with place.