Amie Potsic, Puja (Varanasi/Benares, India), Chromogenic Print, 19 x 19 inches, 1996 © Amie Potsic 2024
Amie Potsic: Seeker is a solo exhibition and book release highlighting the contemporary artist's feminist photography created while backpacking alone for one year in India and Israel at the age of 23. Defying the stereotype of the heroic male photographer, Potsic traversed the Negev Desert and scaled the Himalayas with her Hasselblad camera and 100 rolls of film. Through a female gaze, she documented visual splendor, human dignity, and the role of women in their communities. Her lens revealed a multifaceted experience of the depth of ritual and resilience of tradition in the eastern and western Holylands. This exhibition presents the artist's original photographs as well as mixed media works, memoir, and a monograph created through decades of reflection upon female empowerment, gender politics, and religious patriarchy. The exhibition will be curated by Christopher Brown and will be accompanied by public receptions and artist talks. The show will be on view February – March 2024.
AMIE POTSIC: SEEKER
Solo Exhibition & Book Release by Amie Potsic
January 27 - March 31, 2024
Opening Reception:
Saturday, February 3, 2024
2 – 5 pm
Artist Talk & Book Release:
Saturday, February 24, 2024
2 – 5 pm
Champagne Closing Party and Book Signing:
Saturday, March 23, 2024
2 – 5 pm
The SPACE Art Gallery
749 S. 8th Street,
Philadelphia, PA 19147
Gallery Hours
Wed-Fri 5-8pm
Sat 10-4pm and by appointment
For more information, visit:
The Space Art Gallery — (re)FOCUS 2024 (refocus2024.org)
Amie Potsic: SEEKER
An Extraordinary Photographic Odyssey in the Holy Lands
The Monograph
Book Cover Image, Amie Potsic: Seeker © Amie Potsic 2024
Seeker: An Extraordinary Photographic Odyssey in the Holy Lands is a new monograph by Amie Potsic featuring photographs of stunning visual delight created on the artist's year-long solo photographic odyssey in India and Israel at the age of 23 in 1995. Defying the stereotype of the heroic male photographer, Potsic traversed the Negev Desert and scaled the Himalayas with her Hasselblad camera and over 100 rolls of film. Through a female gaze, she documented visual splendor, human dignity, and the role of women in their communities. Her lens revealed a multifaceted experience of the depth of ritual and resilience of tradition in the eastern and western Holylands.
“Finding myself alone in India with just a backpack, my Hasselblad camera, and 100+ rolls of film, I was terrified yet certain. This was no accident. Despite my well-intended plans, the universe had something bigger and better in mind.”
Amie Potsic, Struggle (Jerusalem, Israel), Chromogenic Print, 19 x 19 inches, 1996 © Amie Potsic 2024
Amie Potsic is a photographer and installation artist whose work addresses cultural, personal, and natural phenomena and has inspired her solo photographic journeys across the globe. Potsic has exhibited her work internationally at the Art Park in Rhodes, Greece; Museo de Arte Moderno de Bogotá, Colombia; Medfoundart di Cagliari, Italy; the Royal College of London; the Museum of New Art in Detroit; The Woodmere Art Museum, The National Constitution Center Museum, The Painted Bride, and James Oliver Gallery in Philadelphia; The Delaware Contemporary in Wilmington, DE; Mission 17 in San Francisco; and 626 Gallery in Los Angeles. She won Best in Show for her work in Experimental Photography Today at The Delaware Contemporary in 2015 and was featured in Keystone 1, the inaugural Pennsylvania Photography Biennial, at Silver Eye Center for Photography in Pittsburgh the same year. Potsic received her MFA in Photography from the San Francisco Art Institute and BA’s in Photojournalism and English Literature from Indiana University, graduating with Distinguished Honors and a member of Phi Beta Kappa Honor Society. She has held faculty appointments at the University of California at Berkeley, Ohlone College, and the San Francisco Art Institute and published her work in The San Francisco Chronicle and The Philadelphia Inquirer. Potsic has been a guest lecturer at The International Center of Photography and is the Host of Art Watch Radio and Podcast on WCHE 1520 & 95.3 in Greater Philadelphia.
For more information on Amie Potsic's work: http://amiepotsic.com/
Amie Potsic, Dome of the Rock (Jerusalem, Israel), Chromogenic Print, 19 x 19 inches, 1996 © Amie Potsic 2024
The SPACE Art Gallery, Philadelphia, established 2018, specializes in fine art photography and modern original jewelry and gifts. The physical area is impeccably designed, with a bespoke jigsaw hardwood floor, a viewing bench and natural lighting. In the curated collection of functional arts, the pieces are handmade by artisans across the country. The materials range from wood to glass and from silver to resin in a wide variety of price-points. The photography captures realistic and artistic natural and manmade images from small to large in a variety of developmental processes and sizes. Stop in during our open hours, request an appointment, or join us for a special event to shop, sit and enjoy the surroundings. For more information, visit: https://www.thespacephiladelphia.com/
Christopher Brown, Owner and Curator, The Space Art Gallery: info@thespacephiladelphia.com
Andrea Appel, Owner and Director, The Space Art Gallery: andrea@thespacephiladelphia.com
Banner Image: Amie Potsic, Pilgrims (Tirumala Tirupati, Tirumala, India), Chromogenic Print, 19 x 19 inches, 1996 © Amie Potsic 2024