Shadows of a Dream (images NSFW)

Opening tomorrow, Sunday, February 21 at 12:30 pm slt, at Nitroglobus Hall, is an exhibition of works by Angelika Corral and SheldonBr entitled Shadows of a Dream. Each artist created black-and-white images — Angelika via photography in Second Life, and Sheldon via charcoal sketches in the physical world, and their works are presented together here in a mix of roughly equal numbers. With a singular exception — that of a male nude that was added after all the photographs and drawings were in place — the images are all female, often nude. As always at Nitroglobus, the installation of the images is excellent, and curator Dido Haas has placed sculptures by the late Nitro Fireguard throughout the space as well.

"We decided that we wanted to do this mix of RL works with SL photos," Sheldon explained as we talked. "On one hand, the charcoal, one of the first mediums used by the first primitive humans in the caves...on the other hand, the digital images...and we put them together. We enjoyed a lot this feeling of looking this mix, and we brought the result here. We liked this duality: charcoal and digital works — black and white — shadows and lights, RL and SL." Each of the images in Shadows of a Dream is available for purchase, and the exhibition will remain on display into March.