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Look, Look Again
April
11
–
May 4, 2025
RECEPTION:
April 11, 2025
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4–7pm
25-02
About the exhibition
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.
At the heart of this exhibit is the idea of taking time to rediscover with fresh eyes new ways of looking at the world. It is Taff’s 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.
View more art by Barbara Taff here.
Artist Talk
Barbara Taff
April 27, 2025
2–4pm
ArtUp is pleased to invite you to an Artist Talk with Barbara Taff this Sunday, April 27 from 2–4 PM, in celebration of her solo exhibition, Look, Look Again. With her pioneering work in large-scale 3-D lenticular imagery, Taff has developed an immersive visual language that transforms the ordinary into the extraordinary. Her work invites you to slow down, shift your perspective, and discover the dangerous beasts, party dresses, lovers and light bulb moments, all hidden in the cracks, puddles, and textures of everyday life.
In her talk, Barbara will share the personal and poetic lens through which she views the world, and the technical innovations that allow her to reveal multiple images within a single frame. From her Bauhaus roots to her explorations in optical illusion and holography, Taff’s creative journey spans decades of experimentation and award-winning design. Don’t miss this chance to hear directly from the artist about her unique process and the surprising stories behind the works on view.
We hope you’ll join us for this special afternoon of insight, reflection, and conversation.
Macro detail of lenticular image
About the Artist
Barbara
Taff
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.
