Orange Art
David Alpert: Snapshots aka Missed Connections
April 10–May 9, 2021
Alpert invites us to share or view his intimacy, loss, fear, excitement, nervousness, and loneliness. As if we are having a book read to us, we can hear the pages turn. The story begins, and the story ends.
Orange Art Foundation is pleased to present Snapshots aka Missed Connections, a solo exhibition of artist David Alpert, the finalist from our juried group show that was held in the summer of 2020: What Is Your Reality in the Pandemic Era?Snapshots aka Missed Connections will be accessible in our online viewing room through May 9.
self portrait 2, 2020
The video tells the story of one year in a pandemic. The artist, David Alpert, flips through a series of six photo albums that contain images from different areas of his hometown—Kansas City. Each spread of photographs simultaneously reveals and hides Alpert’s experience since the beginning of the pandemic. As with family photo albums, Alpert displays them in chronological order as opposed to a formal artistic approach. The good and the bad appear together, side by side, and on top of one another.
flash out of focus self portrait rainy day, 2020
self portrait flash no. 2, 2020
Some photographs are modeled and repetitiously executed to produce specific compositional parameters.
window from my bedroom, 2020
self portrait with bee vase thing from moma 4-21-20, 2020
Each spread of photographs simultaneously reveals and hides Alpert’s experience since the beginning of the pandemic.
water meets sky bridge, 2020
tallgrass prairie preserve 5-17-20, 2020
meaghan next to bridal veil falls south dakota 6-19-20
en route to south dakota 2, 2020
cliff drive walk with family 4-19-20 double exposure, 2020
This past year has in many ways felt like a series of missed connections from lives lost to the absence of late-night glances from across a crowded room.
rainy day 4-12 cream puff apartment, 2020
brandon studio no. 1, 2020
mom hug 2, 2020
4-11-20 corner vacant lot, 2020
meaghan driving my car back from south dakota 6-22-20, 2020
electrical pole columbus park 4-18-20, 2020
Others are out of focus, over-exposed, or simply document a moment.
trains west bottoms, 2020
tallgrass prairie preserve 5-17-20, 2020
night drive en route to south dakota, 2020
cloud, 2020
ABOUT DAVID ALPERT
David Alpert is a curator and artist living and working in Kansas City. He focuses on interactions, connections, and exploring feelings. He believes in listening compassionately to yourself and others. He curates under the moniker Reality Club, and he is a core member of Stray Cat Film Center. Alpert is currently pursuing an MFA in Curatorial Practice from the Maryland Institute College of Art, and he holds a BA in Economics from Occidental College in Los Angeles.
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