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Awakening: Tom Jacobi's Monumental Landscape Photography Exhibition at OstLicht Gallery

Explore a compelling trilogy of achromatic images, capturing Earth's ancient landscapes and profound spiritual narratives.

OstLicht Gallery presented "Awakening," a significant exhibition by renowned photographer Tom Jacobi. This collection showcases his distinctive large-format landscape photography, featuring ancient formations from across seven continents. Delve into a spiritual trilogy exploring enlightenment through an achromatic color world. The exhibition ran from March 17 to May 26, 2018.

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Exhibition summary

Tom Jacobi's 'Awakening' exhibition showcases his large-format landscape photography across seven continents, focusing on natural formations shaped over millennia. The work is presented as a trilogy, exploring themes of enlightenment and inner knowledge through an achromatic color world.

Curatorial context

OstLicht Gallery presented 'Awakening,' a significant exhibition by Tom Jacobi, featuring his focused view on diverse, ancient landscapes from across the globe. The exhibition is comprised of a trilogy of series: 'Grey Matter(s)' (2014–2015), 'Into the Light' (2015–2017), and 'The Light Within' (2018). Jacobi, a former 'Stern' art director, utilizes only natural light to create images that are at first gloomy and mysterious, then cool and clear, and finally contemplative. His work is characterized by an "achromatic color world," finding infinite nuances within shades of grey, white, and bronze, placing him in the tradition of landscape photography masters like Ansel Adams and Sebastião Salgado. The trilogy carries a spiritual narrative, with the first two parts representing a journey toward enlightenment, and the third series signifying an internal shift where the source of knowledge is found within the individual.

Admission and ticket notes

The page provides information on how to inquire about purchasing artworks featured in the exhibition, but does not contain general visitor ticketing or admission details for the exhibition itself. Visitors may need to check the main OstLicht Gallery website for admission information.

Awakening key exhibition facts

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Venue
OstLicht Gallery for Photography
Current status
Completed
Exhibition schedule
Mar 17, 2018 – May 26, 2018
Artist line / attribution
Tom Jacobi, a photographer known for his large-format landscapes and work in an achromatic color world, presents his trilogy 'Awakening.'
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