Impermanence: One of the three essential doctrines of Buddhism. All of conditioned existence, without exception is transient, or in a constant state of flux.

 

Over the last year, The New York Times, Travel + Leisure, The LA Times, Fodor’s and The Wall Street Journal are just some of the national publications singing the praises of the wonderful changes in Cleveland. In this spirit of change, Heights Arts gallery invites you to view Impermanence, running March 6 to April 18.

 

Impermanence celebrates place, use, and time in Cleveland through pairs of photographs showing the same view of a space at different historical times. These photographic diptychs begin with original photographs that come from numerous archives throughout Northeast Ohio and private collections. Using an academic approach, ten respected photographers readdress these often-brittle old photographic prints, first finding the original locations and then determining what camera placement, height, angle of view, and proper lens must be used to exactly match the original composition. In some cases, there is little to recognize from the old photograph. In others there are surprisingly only subtle changes in the scene, despite decades or up to a century of time passing. Either way, these photographs are magical.

 

Photographers include David Hagen, Nathan Migal, Chuck Mintz, Emily Smith, Mark Holz, Victoria Stanbridge, Andrew Cari, Darlene Beiter, Beverly Conley, and Brian Swaney.

— contributed by Daniel Levin, M.F.A., guest curator

 

Syncope

The exhibition Syncope, on view from April 24 to June 6, pairs new works by regional artists Rachel Beamer and Achala Wali. In medicine, the noun syncope (SINGkuhpee) refers to a fleeting loss of consciousness caused by a drop in blood pressure; in phonetics it’s when sounds or letters are not pronounced aloud (probably becomes probly). In the large black-and-white photographs of Rachel Beamer and the abstract pencil-and-ink drawings of Achala Wali it’s when the compositions hint at elements not present—the shadow but not what casts it; the suggestion of a mapped landscape without the real-world analogue; intriguing visual echoes of things felt but unseen.

 

Join us on Thursday, May 21 at 7 p.m. for an artist talk and reading of original poems created in response to the works on view.

 

For more information on our exhibitions, gallery shop, music programs, or membership for patrons, artists, or businesses, visit heightsarts.org. Share in our local art conversations by following Heights Arts on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram.

 

IMPERMANENCE | MARCH 6 – APRIL 18

EKPHRASTACY: ARTISTS TALK + POETS RESPOND | 7 PM THURSDAY, APRIL 2

CLEVELAND HEIGHTS POET LAUREATE READING | 7:30 PM SATURDAY, APRIL 18

CLOSE ENCOUNTERS: TRANSFIGURED BASS | 3:00 SUNDAY, APRIL 19

HERRICK MEWS IN CLEVELAND HEIGHTS

SYNCOPE | APRIL 24 – JUNE 6; OPENING RECEPTION 6-9 PM FRIDAY, APRIL 24

EKPHRASTACY: ARTISTS TALK + POETS RESPOND | 7 PM THURSDAY, MAY 21

 

 

Heights Arts Gallery

2175 Lee Road

Cleveland Heights, Ohio 44118

heightsarts.org

216.371.3457

 

 

 

Images:

 

Euclid Corridor, Darlene Beiter

Diaspora, Achala Wali