“Splendor Through the Glass”
Architectural glass block is used as a unique filter that
photographer/painter, Polly Norman shoots her subjects through. These
amorphic images are captured in black and white, printed on fiberbased
photographic paper and finally hand-colored.
Norman says,“A fascination with objects warped through filters, glass and
reflective surfaces combined with a passion for symbolic nonrepresentational
imagery inspire this collection, which has been
described as flowing and kinetic.”
This year her work was included in the Fifth National Print Biennial,
Katherine Nash Gallery (U of M) and Tweed Museum, Duluth. Norman’s
work traveled to the Pingyao International Photography Festival in China
last fall and was purchased by Museum Louvre It Or Leave It in
Minneapolis. Polly was a finalist for the McKnight Foundation
Photography Fellowship and is currently represented by Flanders
Contemporary Art, Minneapolis and Perfect Pear Gallery, Chicago. She
teaches hand-coloring black & white photos at the
Edina Art Center.
Norman and her works were featured in the October, 2006 issue of Edina
Magazine, the May, 2007 issue of Metro Magazine and the May 18, 2007
issue of the Minneapolis Star-Tribune.
www.pollynormanart.com

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