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R/SF projects is pleased to present Slow Clap, a solo exhibition of new photography by Colombia-born, San Francisco-based artist Marcela Pardo Ariza. Rendering the gallery a series of staged photo stills, painted accents, and set design, Pardo delves into notions of representation, collectivity, and reality, utilizing wry humor and subtle nuance to instigate curiosity.

Pardo deploys photography, characteristically a medium of authenticity and documentation (however controversially), as a lens to deconstruct outward appearance. At close examination, her balanced compositions, sculptural …