At once straightforward and ambiguous, Lorenzo Triburgo's Photographs examine our perceptions and our preconceptions about images, identities and gender. In these fifteen portraits of transgendered males, Triburgo places his subjects against a painted landscape whose artificiality is heightened by studio lighting and exaggerated colors. The backdrops, the lighting and the formal poses all reference about the truth of any image or the absolute objectivity of any photograph.

Gender, Triburgo argues, is not an absolute either. Just as a photograph or a painting cannot convey the "whole truth," so, too, the femaleness or maleness of a body - its outward image - may not reveal the whole nature of the person to whom it belongs. Triburgo describes his images" "A gender on a body, an image on paper, oil on canvas. Representing a male, representing a portrait, representing a painting".

Lorenzo Triburgo received his MFA from the School of Visual Arts in New York. He has lived in Portland for four years and teaches photography at Mount Hood Community College.

www.triburgo.com

An opening reception will be held at the PCC Rock Creek Campus, Helzer Gallery, Building 3, on Friday, Feb. 12, 6-8pm and is open to the public.

There will be an artist talk Tuesday February 23th at 1:00 pm in the TLC, Building 3. A reception will follow immediately.

The Rock Creek gallery is open Monday- Friday 10:00 am-4:00 pm and Saturday 9:00am-6:00pm. The gallery is located in Building 3 of the Rock Creek Campus of Portland Community College at 17705 NW Springville Road, Portland.

For more information contact Prudence Roberts at 503-244-6111 x3434

Prudence Roberts
Director, Helzer Art Gallery

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