Keith Yahrling

For the Revolution

September 2 - November 3, 2016

The area of the original thirteen colonies of the United State of America extends from Maine to Georgia and from the Appalachian Mountains to the Atlantic Ocean. Within this historic boundary, the American Revolution was staged and ideological notions of freedom and liberty were first developed. Since 2012, I have embarked on numerous trips through this historic area searching for instances that illustrate how contentious notions of freedom and liberty are represented in the everyday actions of individuals and the many ways those ideals are embedded within the landscape

ABOUT THE ARTIST: Keith Yahrling is an artist living in Philadelphia. He received his MFA in Photography from the Rhode Island School of Design in 2013. Yahrling was selected as one of PDN’s 30: New & Emerging Photographers to Watch for 2015. He has recently exhibited work at the Aperture Gallery in New York City, the Perkins Center for the Arts in Collingswood, NJ, NAPOLEON Gallery in Philadelphia and the Annenberg Space for Photography. Work from his ongoing series, For the Revolution was featured in two different print magazines, Mossless Issue Three: The United States (2003-2013) and Aint-Bad Magazine, The American South. http://www.keithyahrling.com/