Different light: Exhibit focused on France
Nov. 2—HUNTINGTON — An opening reception for the exhibit "Carpe Lucem: France in SuperBlue Seeing France in a Different Light" by photographer Gary Schubert will be at 6 p.m. Friday at the Huntington Museum of Art.
The Morgantown, W.Va., multidisciplinary artist discovered the look of these pieces while on a trip to France in 2019. Deciding to take only his iPhone and a small, amateur digital camera, his equipment was limited. However, the normal UV-blocking filter in the camera was replaced with a Super Blue filter, which allows only specific blue, infrared and ultraviolet light frequencies to pass. The resulting color Super Blue interpretations and monochrome photographs are exhibited together, minimally edited, allowing viewers to see France in a different light.
Schubert studied under Tom Nakashima at West Virginia University, where he earned an MFA in painting in and an MS in computer science. He also studied with
acclaimed French photographer Lucien Clergue.
He has exhibited widely, and his work is represented in public collections such as the Huntington Museum of Art and the Whitney Museum of American Art.
He retired from Alderson Broaddus University in Philippi, West Virginia, as an associate professor after more than three decades teaching art and computer science.
The exhibit will be on view through Feb. 11.
The museum, at 2033 McCoy Road, may be reached at (304) 529-2701.
