The Kansas City Jewish Museum of Contemporary Art is pleased to present Curtis Mann ­ Altered States. Fresh from his inclusion in the 2010 Whitney Biennial, Chicago-based artist Curtis Mann presents a solo exhibition of evocative photographs in which the artist uses a chemical process to selectively alter and isolate portions of found images depicting geographical regions of conflict, opening these places up for new investigation and interpretation.

The opening reception for Curtis Mann: Altered States is Sunday, July 11, 2010 from 2-4 p.m. in the Epsten Gallery with an artist talk at 3 p.m.
Curtis Mann: Altered States will remain on view through Sunday, August 22, 2010. (All events are free and open to the public.)

Curtis Mann ­ Altered States

In Altered States, artist Curtis Mann examines our relationship with journalist documentation of world events and our understanding and interpretation of the world around us, through the often-distorted lens of the Internet. Downloading and reprinting thousands of found images, from tourist travel snapshots to "documentation" of war-ravaged landscapes in Israel, South Africa, Lebanon, or the Balkans, Mann carves out new spaces of context within these images via a series of strategic erasures. Whether presented singularly or in monumental grids, Mann's images force us to rethink our preconceptions of what photography and photojournalism seeks to capture, while reminding us to consider what may have also been left outside the frame.