Shifting Perceptions features a selection of photographs from the Museum’s growing Collection and is presented in a trio of sections, each featuring seemingly opposing forces: Natural/Unnatural, Together/Apart, and Inside/Out. Our brains gravitate toward hard distinctions, but life is filled with gradations, complexities, and ambiguities. Some photographs represent a distinct point of view, but many invite contemplation of the in-between, the intersections between two categories, and even the contradictions. Art dwells in questions and wonderings rather than in certainties.

This exhibition is organized by the Asheville Art Museum and is guest-curated by Katherine Ware.