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For Immediate Release: "Everyday Garden" The Shooting Gallery is proud to exhibit the work of Francis Baker this spring in a solo show that is sure to bring his work to the forefront of contemporary art. By growing plants within containers he has cast, recording the plant's life and ultimate suffocation, through the use of stunning large format photographs, Baker presents the conditions of being root bound. "Like the plants I had neglected and which became root bound, so, too, I was bound by my container. The difference is the container I am pushing against is not solid." By choosing to cast everyday objects representing principle components of western identity Baker brings forth concepts; by nurturing plants over the span of years within these confines, he suggests the restrictive qualities of these same precepts. The piece confinement of image uses the mold of a Barbie Doll submerged inside a plastic Coca-Cola bottle to depict body image and self-esteem as notions that can limit and individual's growth. Another piece, containment of narcissism, the roots conform into an impression of an infants head speaking to the desires for heredity. With the Everyday garden series Francis Baker invites the viewer on a stroll through a metaphorical landscape planted with visions of deconstructed concepts.
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