"Translations" by Rachael Wilcox, Jon Heinrich and Andreas Gmur

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June 29 - August 10, 2007 Opening reception, Thursday, June 28, starting at 6:30 pm

The three artists begin with a human facial expression as photographed by Heinrich, and this photograph then becomes a model for Wilcox, who recreates the expression as a sculptural relief. Gmur then works from Wilcox's sculpture to create a painting.

"Translations" is the first time Wilcox, Heinrich, and Gmur have worked together. Wilcox and Heinrich previously collaborated when Heinrich interviewed Wilcox on a past exhibit of hers for Meniscus Magazine, an online magazine of which Heinrich is a writer, a photographer and the editor-in-chief. In addition to exhibits in the Boston area such as at the School of the Museum of Fine Arts and the Arlington Center for the Arts, Wilcox also runs an online art gallery, The Starving Artist Online Gallery. Through Heinrich, Wilcox met Gmur, who has studied painting at the Art Institute at Lesley University and exhibited at South End Open Studios, the Boston Public Library, and New York City. It was Wilcox who came up with the concept behind "Translations," and asked Heinrich and Gmur to work with her.

The end result of their collaboration? "Emerging from each portrait in this series will be three distinct pieces embedded with a kind of unity, while still offering their own independent accent for each moment," said Wilcox.