Emma Bee Bernstein: Masquerade, A Retrospective
@ DOVA Temporary
5228 S Harper Ave, Chicago, IL 60615
Opening Friday, February 12th, from 5PM - 8PM
On view through Saturday, February 27th
As a young, but highly accomplished and recognized artist and writer, as well as an alumnae and active member of The University of Chicago community, Emma Bee Bernstein developed a successful body of photographic works up until her death in December 2008. This exhibition of 30 photographs is accompanied by a slide presentation curated by Antonia Pocock and a catalogue with critical statements by Kate Bussard, Assistant Curator of Photography, The Art Institute of Chicago; Hamza Walker, the Director of Education at The Renaissance Society; and Professor Matthew Jesse Jackson, of the Department of Art History and Visual Arts, University of Chicago. The exhibition will highlight the signature aspects of Bernstein’s work – the inflection of social, political and historical awareness that marks her projects and her interdisciplinary approach to photography, which combined fashion, documentary, (self)-portraiture, feminism, and a unique blend of dark humor mixed with heady optimism.
The exhibition is co-curated by Laura Letinsky, Professor at the University of Chicago in the Department of Visual Arts, and Katherine Griefen, Director of A.I.R. Gallery in New York City.
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