Last Chance

Catch it or Regret It

by Molly Eichel

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Hitting the Print Center this week is like hitting two Last Chance birds with one stone. "Foreclosed" compiles structural photography in which meaning overtakes form and function. Alejandra Laviada's Juggling features three chairs placed in decidedly unsittable positions. In "Nakazora: space between sky and earth," Japanese photographer Masao Yamamoto arranges his small, dyed and toned photos (pictured is the delicate #955 HR) in a poetic, site-specific installation.

Some of the most beautiful (and almost glamorous) religious artifacts are drapo vodou, or voodoo flags. Usually hanging in sanctuaries and used in ceremonies, the banners are colorful depictions of deities and voodoo symbols and can contain 18,000 to 20,000 sequins. 

Ann Craven paints the moon. Her theme is plain and simple, yet her work is striking. Like a throwback to great impressionists such as Monet, Craven works in dark, deep colors and allows the bright moons to open up her paintings. In Full Moon, an ivory orb sends off waves of light in the navy sky, as plants and branches frame the subject and cut across over top.