Martha's next show

Instant Gratification (LINK)
Polaroid photography of Martha Duerr
October 2006
Chez Marche Cafe
Main Street, Waupaca, WI 54981

Martha Duerr is a Waupaca, Wisconsin native now living in the Twin Cities where she attended the University of Minnesota, graduating in the Spring of 2003 with a Bachelor of Arts degree in Studio Arts. After a two and a half year stint as a preschool teacher at Fraser School, an inclusive school where children with special needs and children with typical needs learn together in the same classrooms, she embarked upon her current adventure of raising her own daughter. Elise is now six months old and is her mom's model, accomplice, and assistant as she makes art in the backyard and travels the city taking pictures. Martha's current work reflects her love of instant results along with her total rejection of technology. As the world of photography moves forward into the digital age, it only makes sense that Martha would make a contrary motion into the vast world of obscure, increasingly expensive and hard to find films and cameras. This show (Instant Gratification, Chez Marche Cafe, October 3rd to 23rd) showcases one such relic of the photographic past, the Polaroid.

“Polaroid is the new digital.” says Duerr. “No other photo medium so effectively captures slices of life in such a permanent, compact, beautiful way. The image cannot be reproduced in its original form, and neither can the moment it contains. The square framing of my work is meant to accentuate the square image and the photos are mounted directly on the board so as to retain the unique look of the Polaroid complete with its signature white border.”

Instant Gratification will be at the Chez Marche beginning October 3rd and the artist will be present at an opening reception on Saturday October 7th from 3pm to 5pm.