Edward Hoffman held his Southeastern Minnesota Arts Council grant awarded photography exhibition, La Gomera: The Island Lost in Time on September 13th, 2019 - November 13th, 2019 at Art of the Rural’s Public Launch Gallery in Winona. MN.
The exhibition featured color photographs from the island of La Gomera in the Spanish Canary Islands.
Hoffman has been traveling to La Gomera and La Palma for months-long stays each of the past four winters, documenting his time on mountain trails, in abandoned settlement ruins, and at public festivals, as well as learning about the history and culture of the small island. The photography in this exhibition features images of these explorations and attempts to tell the story of a relatively remote and rural place who’s resilient population has felt the impact of mass emigration, modernization, fascism, and climate change over the past century.
Edward Hoffman is a Minnesota artist and entrepreneur. He founded Ed’s (no name) Bar, co-founded Boat House restaurant, and has served on the Winona Fine Arts Commission and Engage Winona boards. He has held numerous exhibitions of his paintings in both Seattle, WA and the Winona area over the past two decades. This is his first photography-exclusive show.
This exhibition is now available to be shown at other venues and galleries. If you are an interested curator, please contact Edward Hoffman at elminnesoto@gmail.com
*This activity is made possible through a grant from the Southeastern Minnesota Arts Council in cooperation with a private foundation.
