KELLY NIPPER.(Shoshana Wayne Gallery)(Brief Article)

SHOSHANA WAYNE GALLERY

The most telling photograph in Kelly Nipper's latest exhibition offers sunlit branches and leaves surrounding a shadowy void. The scene, which could be deep in a forest or in the corner of a backyard at the right time of day, becomes a source of tension and expectation--this is the sort of spot from which a movie tiger might leap out. But the surprise never comes, and it's oddly frustrating and compelling. Who would have thought a photograph of a dark spot in some plants could be so engaging precisely because it turns out to be just as mundane as it would be ...

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