Opening Reception At Material Art Space On Broad Avenue Friday, March 11

Erin Jennings' "ddouble take: BURLESQUE"

Time
Friday, March 11 · 6:00pm - 8:00pm
Location
Material
2553 Broad Avenue
Memphis, TN

Material is excited to announce its sixty-ninth exhibition: "ddouble take: Burlesque" featuring the work of Erin Jennings

"ddouble take: Burlesque" will be open by appointment from March 10th through March 13th. (Please contact Hamlett Dobbins at 901.219.1943 to make an appointment.)

The opening reception for the exhibition will be on Friday, March 11, 2011 from 6-8 pm.

Erin Jennings is a Memphis based photographer and film-maker, working in camera oriented mediums since 1997. Erin is co-owner of local film production company, Slaproductions, which specializes in producing documentary concert and performance films. Her photographic work utilizes film, digital photography, and the digital infrared process. Jennings graduated from the University of Memphis with a Bachelor of Arts in Film Production in 2001, a Master of Arts in Political Science (Politics in Film) in 2009, and a Master of Fine Arts in Photography completed in December of 2010.

About the show the artist writes: “ddouble take: BURLESQUE addresses how burlesque performers function within a gendered, sexual space. Burlesque offers a thin veneer of empowerment to the performer, while still retaining an exploitative quality. This promotes an ambiguity concerning how burlesque fits in the realm of sexual exploitation and how it affects the performer and the viewer. The photographs in this exhibition address this subject by negating straight photography, utilizing techniques that allow the performers image to embrace the multiplicity inherent to the complicated reality of burlesque.”

Material is located at 2553 Broad Avenue. Parking is available on both the north and south sides of Broad Avenue.

About Material: Founded by Hamlett Dobbins and Julie Meiman in late 2004, Material is a 19’ x 16’ exhibition space set in the storefront on Broad Avenue in the Binghamton neighborhood of Memphis. Taking the name from Montessori learning tools, Material was built to provide emerging and established artists with an intimate, clean space in which to share their work with Memphis’ growing arts community. The programming consists of monthly shows as well as artists’ lectures in connection with local colleges and universities. Material has served as a space for young artists to have their first shows, as well as a place for established local and regional artists to test new ideas in a public forum. In addition to serving local artists, Material has hosted artists from Birmingham to Tokyo. Come visit.