05/22/2013
Denial Featured In The Pittsburgh Post Gazette
A review of the Associated Artists Of Pittsburgh's 102nd Annual Exhibition at the Carnegie Museum was released today. Mary Thomas from the Pittsburgh Post Gazette wrote the article and highlighted some great works.
The Denial of Peter was among them, and had a very nice sized image on the cover of the magazine section. Ms. Thomas does a great job of summing up the piece, and I couldn't be happier that my point was not missed and possibly revealed.
She writes, "Christopher Ruane effectively contemporizes a biblical story and takes a swipe at art world pretentiousness in the digitally altered photograph 'The Denial of Peter,' in which the artist of an exhibited religious painting denies to the sophisticates present that he created the work. By extrapolation viewers, also standing within a gallery, are implicated. Mr. Ruane also exhibits 'Doubting Thomas'."
I have also included a image of the article and some photos from the event below. Other works and artists featured in the article include, David Michael Bowers "Strike Three" and Seth Clark "Collapse XII".
The image of my wife Stefanie and I is particularly special to me because she began having contractions at the show and my son Isaac was born the next day. It was the best thing I have ever been a part of. Thank you Stefanie!
Article Link:
http://www.post-gazette.com/stories/ae/art-architecture/aap-annual-show-leaner-and-edgier-this-year-688547/
* [b]Please click the link to explore
The Denial Of Peter in detail[/b].
http://www.christopherruane.com/Set/Religion/The-Denial-Of-Peter*
