Late Bloomer, Photography

Dafna Grossman exhibits staged portraits, most of the sitters gaze at the camera and are located in a dream setting. Her works carry a touch of the melancholy, while the figures seem to be aware of their beauty, of their independence and their uniqueness; they all look somewhat detached as well, lost. Grossman creates the impression that loneliness rules the life of her figures; as if what is exhibited to the outside is just a shell of their inner self.
The children she has photographed glance at us with a defiant gaze, a gaze that in the adults figures changes into bitterness, sadness and acceptance of fate. The name of this exhibition, “Late Bloomer” hints at optimism and at a possibility to accept and rectify, which might lead the figures from a world of fantasy to the real world. (Eytan Shouker, Curator)

About the exhibition

Late BloomerDafna Grossman exhibits staged portraits, located in a dream setting. The figures are gazing directly at the camera. Her works carry a touch of the melancholy, while the figures, seam to be aware of their beauty, of their independence and their uniqueness, but at the same time they all look somewhat detached, lost.
Grossman creates the impression that loneliness rules the life of her figures; as if what is exhibited to the outside is just a shell of their inner self.
The children she has photographed glance at us with a defiant gaze, a gaze that in the adults figures changes into bitterness, sadness and the acceptance of fate.
The name of this exhibition, “Late Bloomer” hints at an optimistic possibility of acceptance and a rectified way of life, which might lead the figures from a world of fantasy to the real world. Eytan Shouker, Curator