Nora Benjamin and Arrietta van der Voort: I Am, I Am, I Am: Artist Talk
@ C33 Gallery
33 E Ida B Wells Dr Chicago, IL 60605
Opening Thursday, March 14th, from 6PM - 7PM
On view through Wednesday, April 3rd
Artist talk with Nora Benjamin and Arrietta van der Voort on Thursday, March 14, from 6 p.m. to 7 p.m.
Nora Benjamin (b. 1999) is an experimental photographer and collagist based in Chicago. Nora explores themes associated with identity, hyperconsumerism, and delirium in her practice. Her work is noted for her use of color, which she experiments with through various digital and analogous methods of colorization. The collages and photographs she creates combine both surrealistic and realistic motifs. In 2021, she graduated from Savannah College of Art and Design in Atlanta with a B.F.A. in Commercial Photography along with a minor in Advertising and Branding: Art Direction. Nora is enrolled in Columbia College Chicago’s Master of Fine Arts Photography program and will graduate in 2024.
Arrietta van der Voort (b. 1996) is a photographer based in Chicago, Illinois. Her work has been shown nationally in galleries and online platforms. In 2018, she graduated from the University of Virginia with a B.A. in Studio Art and Art History. Arrietta is currently an M.F.A. Photography candidate at Columbia College Chicago with an expected graduation date in May 2024.
I Am, I Am, I Am brings together the work of Nora Benjamin and Arrietta van der Voort, two photographers interested in the trappings and pitfalls of traditional femininity and gender roles, and explores the internal experience of being a girl and young woman in relationship to these stereotypes. This exhibition contextualizes the work of Benjamin and van der Voort in relation to themes of womanhood and girlhood, fragmentation, and the struggle of forming self-identity in the context of strong cultural influences. I Am, I Am, I Am investigates the mania and exhaustion of self-discovery and “keeping up” as a girl and woman in a world full of high expectations and standards.
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