ART NEW ENGLAND
NOVEMBER 1999

Kenise Barnes Fine Art/Larchmont Manipulation:Contemporary Photographs by Stacy Greene, Stuart Hawkins, Janice Sloane, Joni Sternbach, Tenesh Webber

Kenise Barnes, an art dealer with an auction house background, has been quietly mounting daring exhibitions in her Larchmont gallery for two years now. Her recent exhibition follows suit by exploring new directions in contemporary photography. As the title suggests, an intervention__ in medium, subject or both--either readily seen or hidden from view, defines this clever collection by five artists who use traditional and new techniques.

Three large black-and-white photographs by Canadian artist Tenesh Webber feature a single object on a black background, made mysterious through the layering of multiple negatives and evasive titles like Departure. The effect is playful--like looking at cloud formations or gyroscope designs--but the scale and palette offset this by heightening the formal qualities.
---Katherine Gass

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