CHICAGO, IL (June 27, 2008) Columbia alumnus Jay Boersma (BA, 1974) has five photo-derived pieces included in the Art Institute of Chicago's A Mind at Play, on exhibition now through September 7. His work, which is often humorous, satirizes well-known images from the canon of photographic history.
A Mind at Play features the work of artists who embrace the notion of the viewer’s subjective experience and explore how such perceptions can be manipulated through photography. Images presented in the exhibition examine the realm of photography beyond its basic function of strict recording and challenge the ways in which this medium can illuminate how one perceives reality, notes the exhibition website at http://www.artic.edu/aic/exhibitions/exhibition/mind.
Boersma is Senior Creative Director at Playboy.com and works in Playboy's Chicago headquarters. His photography and graphics can be seen at www.re-vision.com.
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