Couples’ artistic vision on display in ‘Under One Roof’ in Hammond
By Bob Kostanczuk Post-Tribune correspondent February 10, 2012 2:04PM
Bobby Talamine of Chesterton, Ind., captured drummer Neil Peart of the rock band Rush in a photograph that is part of the "Under One Roof" exhibit at the Indiana Welcome Center in Hammond, Ind. | Photo Provided
If you go
What: “Under One Roof”
Where: Indiana Welcome Center, 7770 Corinne Drive, Hammond
When: Through Thursday, March 22; 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. daily
Admission: Free
More details: 989-7979 or www.southshorecva.com
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Updated: March 13, 2012 8:13AM
Bobby Talamine is a renowned rock-and-roll photographer.
His wife, Janet Bloch, is a painter and an official at a local arts center.
The couple’s different artistic endeavors are on display at “Under One Roof,” an exhibit featuring the works of 14 region couples that will be displayed through March 22 at the Indiana Welcome Center in Hammond.
The concept, according to promotional material, is designed to give these duos a chance to “offer insight into their artistic processes and partnerships.”
Residing in Chesterton, Talamine and his wife are supportive of each other’s creative paths, yet go their own way.
“We’re actually quite independent,” Talamine, who has photographed the likes of U2 and Bruce Springsteen, said. “I think that’s the strength of it: She doesn’t conflict with me and what I want to do, nor do I with her vision and her work. I just like the fact that she’s such a talented artist.”
Bloch said the focus of her paintings is industry and nature, but her aim is not realism.
“I do it in sort of a whimsical way,” said Bloch, education director at the Lubeznik Center for the Arts in Michigan City.
Bloch and her husband may be nestled in different art realms, but mutual respect comes into play.
“I think we both admire each other’s strengths,” Bloch, 56, said.
“Under One Roof” is an exhibition in which “accomplished regional artists” exhibit bodies of work as partners in life, according to the South Shore Convention & Visitors Authority.
Talamine’s life has been busy with snatching images of rock luminaries as they perform.
He recently mentioned that road dates with Van Halen await him in the near future.
Talamine pointed out that he’s “fixated on music,” which is a key to his longtime success as a concert photographer.
“I probably know a lot more about the band, musically, than your typical photographer,” the 53-year-old camera expert said.
The South Shore CVA states “Under One Roof” is a Lubeznik Center for the Arts exhibition that is presented in the W.F. Wellman Exhibit Hall at the Indiana Welcome Center.
A highlight is the handful of Talamine’s images that illuminate rock stars, including Lady Gaga.
Quite another artistic slant is provided by Valerie Taglieri and her husband, Ron Wennekes.
“I have four paintings that are painted on wood,” said Taglieri, alluding to her contribution to the Hammond exhibit. “They’re, like, skyscapes of the Indiana skies.”
Meanwhile, the Indiana Dunes supplied the inspiration for her spouse’s works.
“He has three large landscapes,” said Taglieri, explaining they are all oil-on-linen pieces.
While the love of painting is shared by Taglieri and Wennekes, the Beverly Shores couple is comprised of two artists with distinct approaches to creating paintings.
Taglieri said her husband is “quite a bit more textural” than she while piecing together his art.
The couples who are showcasing their works at “Under One Roof” are displaying contrasting, and sometimes complementary, pieces that, in a way, tell subtle stories about each other.
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