pulse newspaper, review of the new directions '05 show, poughkeepsie, new york

"...In keeping with his goal of showing many different media and practices, Evans (the curator) selected several photographs for inclusion. He said he admired the composition and the rich ambiguity of a photograph by Oz Lubling, a New York City-based artist who was in attendance.

The photo shows the edge of a dingy pier from an overhead angle. Two men on the deck stand close to the water, and one man raises his arm toward the other's shoulder in a moment of friendship, brotherhood, hatred or love - it's hard to tell which.

Lubling later explained that the work is part of a larger series about intimancy and distance, and he prefers to leave the interpretation up to the viewer, as ambiguity lends to the meaning and pleasure of the work."

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