Paola Ferrario Contemporary Fine Art Photographs at Rick Wester

Paola Ferrario’s photographs at Rick Wester Fine Art might be disguised as snapshots documenting the undramatic.

They are composed of views that we wouldn’t normally “see” while passing by–detritus tossed aside; trees morphing through fences; wood and tile floors; objects, signs, things.

All are carefully observed but not surgically distilled into a neat, clear conclusion, and that’s what makes them intriguing.  There is a point where some of the images, however, morph from a thing into an abstraction, and both exist simultaneously, and these are the most interesting for me.   All the photographs are part of  series of two to many (dozens?) grouped together.  Likable too are the lack of frames around the work allowing the photographs to became much more accessible pinned to the wall.

Full disclosure: I attended Yale University’s MFA Photography program with Paola.