WILLIAM P. HAMLIN

The Driskel Gallery at the Schoolhouse Center is proud to present an exhibition of woven photographs by William P. Hamlin. Using a deceptively simple collage technique, Hamlin’s lush, sun-drenched photographs of kitchens, bedrooms and still-lives pulse with light and movement.

The artist describes his technique and intention:

“To create a weaving I use two copies of the exact same photograph, cut onecopy into equal size horizontal strips and the other copy into equal size vertical strips which I then literally weave together. By weaving the photographs, the surface is broken so the image itself is both whole and hundreds of micro-perspectives. In this way, the viewer is truly able to see an object in the accumulated detail of which it is composed, not just in a quick glance. In short, by examining and re-examining the micro-perspectives, the observer experiences layers of time and layers of observation.”

Hamlin, who this year won First Prize in the annual juried exhibition at the Provincetown Art Association and Museum, received a BFA from New York University in photography and art history. This is his third season exhibiting at the Schoolhouse Center.