ArtUp Hosting LOOK, LOOK AGAIN Through May 5

Barbara at ArtUp

MARGARETVILLE — The ArtUp Gallery in Margaretville is excited to be hosting LOOK, LOOK AGAIN, a collection of lenticular photographs by Barbara Taff. The show will run from April 11 through May 5, 2025.The opening will be on Friday, April 11 from 4-7pm.

Barbara Taff is a multi-disciplinary conceptual artist, graphic designer, and art educator who brings a sense of insight, playfulness, as well as surprise to her sculptures, drawings, photography, cartoons, and visual designs. Currently, Taff is among the first artists to experiment with human scale 3-D lenticular photographs. She has developed an innovative, immersive format that pushes the boundaries between observation and creative imagination. ‍

During the 60s and 70s, Taff was inspired by the strong geometric forms of the Bauhaus in addition to the visual possibilities of op-art and kinetic art movements where she was influenced by the perceptual works of Victor Vasarely, Yaacov Agam and M.C. Escher. This led to Taff’s experiments with holograms, stereograms and visual illusions.‍
Taff has an extensive creative career, spanning several decades as an award-winning art and design director. Her experience includes working at New York magazine, YM magazine, Daily News, UJA-Federation of New York, Studio 8 Design, and the Institute of International Education. She taught in New York City at Pratt Institute and the Fashion Institute of Technology. Taff is the author and illustrator of the children’s book, “The Best Colors”. Additionally, she is a member of the Mamaroneck Artist Guild and an art reviewer for Lilith magazine. Her work has been exhibited in contemporary galleries, art fairs nationally, and is represented in private collections across the US and Canada. A longtime resident of Fleischmanns, NY and New York City, Taff graduated with a BS in Art from State University College of Buffalo, NY, and an MS from Pratt Institute in Brooklyn, NY. More recently, Taff has studied figurative sculpture at the Art Students League of NY, with Dionisio Cimarelli and with Tricia Klein at the Woodstock School of Art, NY.

At the heart of LOOK, LOOK AGAIN, is the idea of taking time to rediscover with fresh eyes new ways of looking at the world. Barbara says it is her delight to share with you some of her favorite artworks inspired by cracked sidewalks, stains, puddles, trees, and rocks that became a wolf, a bear, a dress, a portrait, a deity, lovers, a dog, and a tortoise among many others, when you look, look again.

ArtUp Gallery

746 Main Street, Binnekill Square

Margaretville, NY 12455

Show runs from April 11 through May 5, 2025

Opening on Friday, April 11 from 4-6pm

Hours: Friday-Sunday, 12-4pm