 Phone, 2006 Lightjet Print Indre Serpytyte A State of Silence Yossi Milo Gallery is pleased to announce the opening of an additional ground-floor gallery space. Located steps away from the existing gallery (525 West 25th Street), the new gallery is at 531 West 25th Street (in the space formerly occupied by ClampArt) and will be called Yossi Milo Gallery North. The new gallery space will function as both a public exhibition space, with three or four shows each year, and private viewing room. Yossi Milo Gallery will inaugurate the North Gallery with an exhibition of color photographs by Indre Serpytyte entitled "A State of Silence". Ms. Serpytyte's series was inspired by the mysterious death of the artist's father, who had been a minister in the Lithuanian government. The family was informed that he died in a car accident and was given few details about the circumstances surrounding his sudden death. Faced with a lack of information, Ms. Serpytyte began what she refers to as "indefatigable investigations" into what happened to her father and to begin this series of still-life photographs. The artist transforms what might otherwise be seen as mundane items of daily life - an officer's cap, an old-fashioned typewriter, a telephone wrapped by its cord - into signifiers of loss. The 20 x 24-inch glossy C-prints depict single objects against ambiguous, dark backgrounds. Ms. Serpytyte was the recipient of a Jerwood Photography Award in 2006. The artist was born in Lithuania in 1983, received her BA from the University of Brighton in 2006, and currently lives and works in London. Exhibition: March 8 - April 14, 2007 Gallery hours: Tues-Sat 10 am - 6 pm Yossi Milo Gallery North 531 West 25th Street USA-New York, NY 10001 Telephone +1 212 414 0370 Fax +1 212 414 0371 Email info@yossimilo.com www.yossimilo.com |
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