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27/4/2006

Disturbing the peace

Denise Bibro Fine Art, New York

A Group Exhibition of Photography, Co-Sponsored by Amnesty International USA
Artists:
Susan Meiselas, Martha Rosler, Pat Ward Williams, Connie Samaras, Clarissa Sligh, Donna Ferrato, Deborah Bright, Joanne Leonard, Holly Hughes, Carol Jacobsen

Denise Bibro Fine Art is pleased to present Disturbing the Peace, a photography exhibit by 10 artists whose works address a range of political questions that cause disruptions to the peace and tranquility of the status quo, transgress accepted boundaries, challenge established authority, and/or reinterpret histories. “Disturbing the Peace," the show’s title, is also a reference to the frequent charges faced by women who are arrested for political protest, unruly behavior, prostitution and other unlawful activities.

Exhibiting artists are Susan Meiselas, Martha Rosler, Pat Ward Williams, Connie Samaras, Clarissa Sligh, Donna Ferrato, Deborah Bright, Joanne Leonard, Holly Hughes and Carol Jacobsen.

Martha Rosler’s works in video, photo-text, installation and performance have been shown at Documenta, the Venice Biennale, ICA, London, Tate Modern, several Whitney Biennials and elsewhere. Pat Ward Williams’ recent exhibitions include the Whitney Biennial, the International Center for Photography, Johannesburg Biennale, and others. Carol Jacobsen has received awards from the National Endowment for the Arts, the Paul Robeson Foundation, Women in Film Foundation, and others. She is represented by Denise Bibro Fine Art. Deborah Bright’s work has been shown at the Victoria and Albert Museum, London, Museet for Fotokunst, Copenhagen, and elsewhere. Holly Hughes has received fellowships from the National Endowment for the Arts, Rockefeller Foundation, McKnight Foundation, two Obie Awards, ICON Award, and others. Clarissa Sligh’s work has been shown at Galerie Junge Kunst, Trier, Germany, Art in General, New York, Museum fur Angewandte Kunst, Frankfurt, Germany, The New Museum, New York, and elsewhere. Joanne Leonard’s work has been featured in Janson’s History of Art, Gardener’s Art Through the Ages, Women of Photography and others. Donna Ferrato’s book, Living with the Enemy (1991) has become a photoessay classic and an effective organizing tool against domestic violence.

The exhibit is co-sponsored by Amnesty International USA, Women’s Human Rights, Sheila Dauer, Director. Catalog essay is by Dr. Wendy Kozol. MacArthur Fellow and Magnum photographer Susan Meiselas’ photographs have appeared in publications worldwide. Los Angeles artist Connie Samaris has exhibited at the San Francisco Art Institute, Santa Monica Museum and elsewhere.

Panel Discussion with the Artists: Tuesday, May 9, 2006, 5-6:30 pm


"Conviction" by Carol Jacobsen

Denise Bibro Fine Art, is pleased to present Conviction, a social documentary project in video and photography by artist, Carol Jacobsen. The exhibit is co-sponsored by Amnesty International USA, Women's Human Rights, and coincides with Amnesty's campaign against human rights abuses in U.S. women's prisons.

Works in the exhibition include Convicted: A Prison Diary, a video piece based on letters to the artist over the past two years from a woman who gives an intimate, firsthand account of conditions inside prison; and Conviction, a series of photographic prints that defy public perceptions of women prisoners through the historical arrest records, mugshots, and FBI reports of renowned women such as Janis Joplin, Billie Holiday, Emma Goldman and Angela Davis.

On Tuesday, May 9, 5-6:30 a panel of artists including Martha Rosler, Susan Meiselas, Holly Hughes, Clarissa Sligh, Carol Jacobsen and others will discuss issues relating to feminist politics andart at Denise Bibro Fine Art, 529 W. 20th St., New York, NY.

Carol Jacobsen is an award winning artist whose work confronts issues of women's criminalization and censorship. Her films and photography have been exhibited and screened worldwide, including at Lincoln Center, New York; Walker Art Center, Minneapolis; Cultura Contemporanea,Barcelona; Kunstforum, Bonn; Temple Gallery, Rome, and elsewhere. She has received awards and fellowships from the National Endowment for the Arts, the Paul Robeson Foundation, Women in Film Foundation, Rockefeller Foundation, and others. Her work has been sponsored by Amnesty International USA since 1998. She is the 2005-06 Human Rights Fellow and Professor of Art and Women's Studies at The University of Michigan. She serves as Director of the Michigan Women's Clemency Project.

Denise Bibro Fine Art
529 W. 20th Street 4th Floor West,
New York, New York 10011 USA
Summer Hours: Thu - Sat, 11 - 6pm

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