Alfredo Jaar. Shadows

Alfredo Jaar's Shadows, a large-scale installation commissioned by SCAD, is the second part of a trilogy of installations revolving around the power of a single extraordinary documentary image. The provocative installation The Sound of Silence (2006) is the first work in this series. Shadows is exhibited for the first time as part of the fifth edition of deFINE ART, the university's annual fine and contemporary art showcase. Taking place at SCAD locations in Savannah and Atlanta, Georgia, and Hong Kong, the program features artist Alfredo Jaar as honoree and keynote speaker. Organized by Laurie Ann Farrell, SCAD Executive Director of Exhibitions, Shadows unravels the narrative history of a stirring photograph taken by Koen Wessing near Estelí, Nicaragua, at the height of the revolution in September 1978. The structure of Shadows is inspired by Chili, September 1973, a photo-based book created by Wessing about that fateful month in Chile. Echoing the photographer's masterpiece and paying homage to the golden age of photojournalism, Jaar's installation employs a similar strategy to construct narrative. Viewers are guided through Shadows by light and sequential images that simultaneously illuminate and obscure readings of moments of loss, reverence and collective transcendence. For more information visit: www.scadmoa.org