Things Left Behind by Michael Platt

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Tokesplace.com presents a preshow of:

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At the Joyce Gordon Gallery 406 14th St, Oakland, CA

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Mr. Michael Platt, Image Maker In Abandoned Places at International Visions-The Gallery and Spirits and Spaces: The Prints of Michael B. Platt at the Harvey B. Gantt Center and winning an Artisan Series semi-final award in the Art for Life Exhibition at Art Basel to be held in Miami December 2010 Mr. Platt appears at Joyce Gordon fresh from his exhibits :

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Together with With a performance by Poet Ms. Carol A. Beane Images holding the essences of memory;biding time, waiting, celebrating...barely discernible stories of who was here andwhat happened there;visions of imagined spaces-layering timewithin abandoned, unoccupied and frequentlydilapidated interior rooms and exteriors;there is always something. Ms. Carol A. Beane

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Mr. Platt is an image maker. His images center on the transformation of the human spirit that occur when it confronts imagined or actual events and circumstances.  The images in this Joyce Gordon Show, illustrate his highly creative images which are also seen in his other shows; to wit:

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Untitled

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Strange Fruit in a Quiet Place

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The Day We Were Let Free

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The Dream

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Touched at Midnight

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Death at Birth

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Grand Concerto

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I Remember the First Day I Saw You Ms. Lilly

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Next Door

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Mr. Platt is widely recognized for his fusion of digital and conventional photography, drawing, and printmaking as a means to explore/expose the human condition - in particular, the history and experiences of African and African Diaspora culture.

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Check out his web site for previous shows, other images, grants and awards he has received, and the many institutions and personal collections in which his works are held. Mr. Platt is clearly an artist on the rise. His works are increasing in demand.

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Music: Missile Blues by Wes Montgomery