A Dialogue Between Painting and Photography Sharon Core stands as a singular figure in contemporary art, an artist whose practice exists in the shimmering, often blurred space between the tangible reality of photography and the constructed illusions of painting. Born in New Orleans in 1965, her artistic identity was forged through a rigorous dual education that allowed her to master two seemingly opposing disciplines. After beginning her journey with formal training in painting at the University of Georgia, she moved toward the lens, eventually earning a Master of Fine Arts from the Yale Uni…