Gregg Evans is obsessed with the history behind an image – that is described by the photograph in front of him, but also the history that cannot be. No matter how much information is sharp and visible in an image, how detailed the title and how accurate the exposure, there is always a part of the image that was solely experienced by its creator. His passion is in the idea that there is action in the images he makes that can never be seen; the ghost of the picture that will always remain a mystery. There is a performance aspect inherent in photography - the ephemeral process of creating, the thing that is always lost. The artist quotes David Horvitz: "The action and these images are inseparable."
Evans received his Bachelor of Fine Arts with a concentration in Photography in 2005 from State University of New York at Purchase, School of Art + Design. He will be beginning his Masters at Columbia College Chicago this year. He has exhibited widely throughout the east coast and this exhibition at EBERSMOORE will be his first showing in Chicago.
