What: Freeberg is a keen observer of environments where art and people
co-exist. After photographing reception desks of Chelsea galleries in Sentry,
and the booths of art dealers at international fairs in Art Fare, Freeberg
takes us to Russia’s great art museums - the Hermitage and the Russian State
Museum in St. Petersburg, and the Pushkin Museum and State Tretyakov Gallery in
Moscow - where retirement-aged women guard national treasures.
Considering photographs that investigate a viewing
environment encourages a certain awareness of our own context and how we
experience art. Guardians acknowledges the pride that these women feel in
proximity to such masterpieces, asking us to tune into our own reactions.
Freeberg slows down the hurried museumgoer by framing moments, inviting us to
take a breath and pause – to notice the beauty not just in art, but also in the
details we so often overlook.
When: January 24 - March 2, 2013
Artist talk with Clifford J. Levy: Saturday, January 26th, 2pm
Where:
Andrea Meislin Gallery: 534 West 24th Street, New York, NY 1001
