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KATIE MURRAY : RECENT WORK
PHOTOGRAPHS ON VIEW AT JEN BEKMAN MAY 6, 2004 - JUNE 19, 2004
NEW YORK, NY - jen bekman is pleased to present Katie Murray's first solo exhibition at the gallery: a series of large scale c-prints which combine portraiture and landscape. A reception for the artist will be held on Thursday, May 6, 2004 from 6pm - 8pm. The work will remain on view through June 19, 2004. Murray's work will be concurrently exhibited at White Columns (May 14-June 20) in White Room 2.
The photographs in this series simultaneously embrace splendor and decay. Murray's subjects populate the landscape, but live in various states of trying to connect to it. Echoes of classical archetypes and mythic images manifest themselves in banal and beautiful places. A dichotomy of connection and disconnection occurs within the narrative of the portraits, as well as in the contrast between contemporary urban and traditional rural landscapes. Backyards, the beach, an abandoned lot; these are familiar and exotic settings where conflict is explored.
About the artist:
Katie Murray was born in New York and is currently living in Queens. She received her BFA in Fine Arts from School of Visual Arts in 1997 and her MFA from Yale University School of Art in June 2000. Her work has been exhibited and is collected at the Yale University Art Gallery, and The Museum of the City of New York, as well as private collections. Publications and books include The New York Times, Fortune, Vice, Metropolis, Brotherhood and The Spirit of Family. Murray's work is currently being exhibited in an international traveling show entitled "Beyond Compare: Women Photographers on Beauty" with a catalog of the same title.
Gallery hours:
Monday-Tuesday: By appointment only
Wednesday-Friday: 12-7pm
Saturday: 12-5pm
For images or more information, please contact the gallery at 212.219.0166 or email info@jenbekman.com.
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