Lili Almog
dal 12/5/2006 al 30/7/2006
Segnalato da
12/5/2006
Lili Almog
Andrea Meislin Gallery, New York
Perfect Intimacy. 18 color photographs of cloistered nuns. Almog spent the past two years visiting nuns in three different Carmelite monasteries. The result of this work is an experience of the cloistered world in which these nuns live and a documentation of their state of mind, relationship with God, and spiritual identity.
Perfect Intimacy
Andrea Meislin Gallery is pleased to announce the opening of Perfect Intimacy. This
exhibition marks the first New York solo exhibition for Lili Almog and will feature
18 color photographs of cloistered nuns.
Perfect Intimacy is a series of portraits drawn from a larger project two years in
the making. It is fully illustrated in its entirety in a 128-page book released by
powerHouse Books in April 2006.
Lili Almog's photographic practice is centered on the depiction of women and their
private lives. Almog, an Israeli artist living and working in New York, spent the
past two years visiting nuns in three different Carmelite monasteries: Mount Carmel,
Haifa - where the order was founded and assumed its name in the year 1200; Port
Tobacco, Maryland - the first Carmelite monastery in the United States; and
Bethlehem - the birthplace of Jesus. The result of this work, Perfect Intimacy, is
an experience of the cloistered world in which these nuns live and a documentation
of their state of mind, relationship with God, and spiritual identity.
Lili Almog's work has been exhibited internationally for over ten years, including
exhibitions at Ffotogallery, Cardiff, UK; the Prague House of Photography, Czech
Republic; The Museum Centre Vapriikk, Finland; The Internationale Fototage Festival,
Manheim, Germany; The Photographers' Gallery in London, UK; and was most recently
featured in Discoveries of the Meeting Place, Fotofest, Houston, TX. Her work is
included in several public collections, including the Victoria and Albert Museum,
England; Norton Museum of Art, Florida; Musee de la Photographie, Belgium; Herzliya
Museum of Art, Israel; and the Museet for Fotokunst, Denmark. Almog's photographs
have appeared in New York Magazine, Fotograf, The Miami Herald, Boston Globe, Vogue,
and several books.
The opening reception and book signing will take
place at the gallery on Saturday, May 13, from 6:00 to 8:00 pm.
Andrea Meislin Gallery
526 W 26th St., Suite 214 - New York