EXHIBITION: Everything is Going to Be All Right
JARED RAGLAND
MAY 4 - JUNE 24, 2017
Preview + Artist Talk: Thursday, May 4th, 5 – 8pm
Opening: Friday, May 5th, 5 – 9pm
Jared Ragland, “Untitled,” 2015. Edition of 5. 28″ x 35″ Archival Pigment Print
“All these years I have been assuming that between us words mean roughly the same thing, that among certain people, gentlefolk I don’t mind calling them, there exists a set of meanings held in common.” – Walker Percy, The Moviegoer
In “Everything is Going to Be All Right” Jared Ragland reflects on his personal history living in the American South and visually narrates the existential journey of Walker Percy’s character, Binx Bolling from the 1961 novel, The Moviegoer. Set in New Orleans, The Moviegoer follows Binx’s pilgrimage for a clearer understanding of himself. In a similar way, Ragland’s work challenges viewers to experience beyond the lens of visual observation, encouraging them to reflect within, and strive for a more personal understanding. Steeped in the New Orlean’s landscape, the images within the series are a combination of black and white photographs and appropriated, digitally sourced images that often blur our perception of reality and evoke a deeper meaning.
Jared Ragland is an Alumnus of LaGrange College and received his Master of Fine Art in Photography from Tulane University in 2003. He currently resides in his hometown of Birmingham, Alabama.
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A preview reception and artist talk will take place Thursday, May 4th, 5-8pm.
The exhibition will open to the public Friday, May 5th, 5-9pm.
For more information please contact the gallery at 804.225.5527 or info@candelabooks.com.