In another variation in the recent spate of experiments with the photographic still life, Jamie Kreher shoots traffic islands in parking lots that have been made planters for assorted vegetation, isolates them from their environments, and then presents her subjects against pure white backgrounds so that they look like miniatures or models that she has constructed. As is so often the case in the city, brown patches and dirty mounds of uncertain origin and composition grace some of Kreher’s presumptive mini-lawns, whereas others are as well manicured as golf courses; the concrete surrounding the beautification touches is invariably chipped. Kreher’s images evoke a compassionate smile; things to which we give little notice—except to stumble over them—become vulnerable objects of genial contemplation when they stand out for themselves and we loom over them with our encircling gaze. (Michael Weinstein)
Through December 19 at Flatfile Galleries, 217 N. Carpenter, (312)491-1190
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