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Artist Reception: Not Comets: A Biographical Account of the Early Years of Charles Messier, French Comet Hunter


Janette Kennedy Gallery

 Not Comets: A Biographical Account of the

Early Years of Charles Messier, French Comet Hunter is told mainly through

photographs (with a few sculptures and objects). Messier was an 18th century French

astronomer whom the gallery visitor will discover had many secrets not told in

today’s history books. Images hint at the science of photography being used decades

before photography is known to be invented, and in Messier’s astral world, it is not

only scientific instruments he used to detect heavenly objects. Sale also called on a

few friends to help tell this story. A fabric sculpture by Amie Carson, nontraditional

photography by Becky Ramotowski, historical avian photography by Dottie Love, and

a whimsical series of photographs by Julia Schloss round out this story of stars and

an unusual friendship.  

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1409 Botham Jean Blvd · South Side on Lamar, Artist Quarter 105 · Dallas, TX 75215


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