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Monday, February 1, 2010

PRESS RELEASE: Exhibitions by Cynthia Beth Rubin, and Lia Rothstein at at Photostop Gallery

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LIA ROTHSTEIN TO EXHIBIT AT PHOTOSTOP CORRIDOR GALLERY

Lia Rothstein will be showing toned black and white photographs in a show titled “Auschwitz-Birkenau 2009” in the PHOTOSTOP Corridor Gallery from Feb. 5 - March 6, 2010. This exhibit will run in tandem with “Memories & Wanderings”, digital art by Cynthia Beth Rubin, which will be exhibited in the main PHOTOSTOP Gallery during the same time period. An opening reception for both shows will be held on Feb. 5th from 6-9 pm.

“Auschwitz 2009” examines issues of remembrance, memory, destruction and rebirth

after the Holocaust. Rothstein, who directs the PHOTOSTOP Gallery, is a career photographer who has exhibited throughout the eastern United States. Her work is in numerous private and public collections, including the Polaroid International Exhibition Collection.

PHOTOSTOP Gallery is located in Suite 150 of the Tip Top Media Arts Building, 85 North Main Street, White River Jct., VT 05001. Gallery hours are Weds. through Saturday from 2-7:30 pm. On First Fridays and opening nights, the gallery will be open until 9 pm. Other hours are available by appointment.

RENOWNED PHOTOGRAPHER AND DIGITAL ARTIST CYNTHIA BETH RUBIN TO EXHIBIT AT PHOTOSTOP GALLERY
CONTACT: Lia Rothstein, 802.698.0320

Cynthia Beth Rubin, a renowned digital media artist, will be showing digital paintings/collages and an interactive sound and image installation in a show titled “Memories & Wanderings” at the PHOTOSTOP Gallery from February 5 through March 6, 2010. An opening reception for the artist will be held on February 5th from 6-9 pm with a gallery talk by Rubin at 7:30 pm.

Rubin’s exhibition will include a variety of electronically based artworks, including an installation called “Layered Histories: The Wandering Bible of Marseilles” created in collaboration with Bob Gluck. This interactive installation combines moving images and sounds triggered by a visitor’s use of a stylus moved across a digital tablet, illustrating the imaginary story of an actual 13th century Spanish illuminated Hebrew Bible. Fleeing Spain with the 1492 Expulsion, the Bible was known to be in Safed until the mid-16th century, but then apparently disappeared until it was discovered around 1888 in the Bibliothèque Municipale in Marseilles. “Layered Histories” has been shown at Yale University, in major cities in the U.S., and at the Jewish Museum in Prague, Czech Republic.

In addition, Cynthia Rubin will be exhibiting works from several series combining digital drawings and photography. Her “ Glen Memories: 40 Years of Wandering” series is based on pen and ink drawings and photographs taken over a forty-year period in the same locations. She will also be showing selected works from her career, including digital paintings and collages based on themes from Eastern European history.

In conjunction with the exhibition, Rubin will be teaching a workshop “Rivers of Pixels: Fluid Animations from Still Images” on March 6th from 10-4 pm. Contact PHOTOSTOP for registration information.

Rubin’s work has been written about in publications throughout the world and she is a frequent lecturer at national and international graphic and digital art conferences. She is currently affiliated with the Rhode Island School of Design and is involved in the boards of ISEA, the Inter-Society for the Electronic Arts and SIGGRAPH (Special Interest Group on Graphics and Interactive Techniques). She is a three-time recipient of an individual artist grant in New Media from the Connecticut Commission on the Arts and has received numerous other grants and awards. Cynthia has exhibited in Brazil, Australia, Canada, and the Netherlands and her work is found in many public and private collections.

images: "Auschwitz-Birkenau entrance, view from inside camp 2009" toned black and white photo by Lia Rothstein

"Glen Memories: Stepping Stones (state 7)" by Cynthia Beth Rubin