January 7 - 30, 2021

Conversation with Christopher Rauschenberg
Livestream via Facebook Live and YouTube
Thursday, January 7, 2021, 6:00 - 6:45 pm

Elizabeth Leach Gallery is pleased to present new photographs by Christopher Rauschenberg that feature dynamic combinations of single-image and multi-image pictures of archways, buildings, and temples taken during the artist's travels through India in early 2020. Rauschenberg's pictures are inspired by a lifelong commitment to observation. His intuitive photographs transmit the sensory experience of being there through imagery that suggests quiet contemplation or active wonderment, and this new India series communicates a sense of solitude that allows space for one's own reflections.

Multi-image, panoramic constructions provide an immersive experience, transporting the viewer to locations in India bathed in bright, warm sunlight. Whether the focus is the majestic grandeur of the Taj Mahal, exquisitely mundane details of street scenes, or unexpected juxtapositions, the artist suggests that all of them are equally deserving of our attention. Rauschenberg's pictures satisfy our collective desire for escape or wanderlust and reiterate the notion that the act of real looking can still surprise and delight.

Christopher Rauschenberg has been exhibiting with Elizabeth Leach Gallery since 1985. He is based in Portland, Oregon and received a BA from Evergreen State College in Olympia, WA. His work has been exhibited at the Griffin Museum of Photography (Winchester, MA), the Chicago Cultural Center (Chicago, IL), the International Center of Photography (New York, NY), the Getty (Los Angeles, CA) and the George Eastman House (Rochester, NY), among many other major institutions. An exceptionally active leader in the Northwest arts community, Rauschenberg co-founded Nine Gallery and the photography nonprofit Blue Sky Gallery (Portland, OR).