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Photographs by Jeffrey Silverthorne
Location: PDNB Gallery

Making his haunting debut into the art world in the early 1970's, Jeffrey Silverthorne's Morgue document became a foundation of his career.

 

Throughout the years, his subject matter incorporated sex, love, loss, violence, betrayal, identity and other subjects of human nature. He does not tread lightly with his art, which is to say, he has no fear in his use of metaphor.

 

PDNB Gallery has represented Jeffrey Silverthorne since 1999. This exhibition will include, as stated above, more recent images. The lightness of daily observations is not as heavy handed. We see random portraits of friends, strangers, children and even some serene, colorful landscapes. Color is used more often in this later work, where black and white was mostly his default.

 

Some earlier work will be included, including his brutal bullfight series, which Silverthorne illustrates in intense color. Some images from his 1970's transvestite series, as well as his seminal morgue series will be exhibited.

 

 

Jeffrey Silverthorne recently retired from teaching at Roger Williams University in Bristol, Rhode Island. He holds an M.F.A., an MA in Teaching, and a B.F.A. from the Rhode Island School of Design. His work is represented in many museum collections, including the Museum of Modern Art, New York City, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Los Angeles, Yale University Art Gallery, New Haven, MFA Boston, ICP, New York City, Bibliotheque Nationale, Paris, France,

and the Musée de l'Elysée, Lausanne, Switzerland.

 

Many exhibition catalogs and monographs have been published, including:

Morgue. Stanley/Barker, UK 2017

Studio Work, Pascaline Mulliez, France, 2016

Portraits & Figures. Les editions de l'Oeil, France, 2013

Directions for Leaving: Photographs 1971-2006, Fotografisk Center, Denmark, 2007

Boystown, The Perfume of Desire. Galerie Wolfsen, Denmark, 2009

Travel Plans. Noorderlicht, The Netherlands, 2011

Photographs. Book Beat Gallery, Michigan, USA, 1993

 

 

The artist will be attending the opening, Saturday, September 7, 2019