The Mother Project
October 19, 2006- November 25, 2006
Reception: October 19, 6:00 pm - 8:00 pm
525 W 25th St
Yossi Milo Gallery is pleased to announce an exhibition of color photographs by Tierney
Gearon. Entitled The Mother Project, the exhibition will open on October 19, and close on
November 25, with a reception for the artist on Thursday, October 19, from 6:00 to 8:00 pm.
This will be the artist’s first exhibition at the gallery.
Tierney Gearon’s most recent work, The Mother Project, is the culmination of a series
spanning more than eight years. The artist continues to photograph her family, but now
concentrates on her mother, who lives alone in a small town in upstate New York. The
exhibition will include twenty-five 20” x 24” photographs set mainly in and around her
mother’s home. The images depict psychologically intense, often bizarre scenarios, some of
which occur naturally and some of which are facilitated or encouraged by the artist. Many
images include Gearon herself or one or more of the artist’s children.
The subject of The Mother Project is the interaction between the artist, her mother and her own
children. The photographs are personal studies of her family, yet raise larger issues of aging,
mental illness, and the complicated dynamic of the mother-child relationship.
Tierney Gearon was recently the subject of a full-length documentary film entitled Tierney
Gearon: The Mother Project. Produced by Jack Youngelson and Peter Sutherland, the
documentary premiered at the 2006 Tribeca Film Festival, will be screened at the upcoming
Vancouver International Film Festival and CINEMA Rome Film Festival, and will air on
Sundance Channel in 2007. In Winter 2006, Steidldangin will publish a book of over 70 images
from the project entitled Daddy, where are you?. Ms. Gearon’s work has been exhibited at
Saatchi Gallery, London, in 2001. She was born in Atlanta in 1963 and currently lives and
works in Los Angeles.
Books and DVDs related to artists in this show| Location | | | Gallery | Yossi Milo Gallery | | Address | 525 W 25th St New York (Chelsea) NY, 10001 United States | | Phone | 212-414-0370 | | Fax | 212-414-0371 | | Hours | Tue-Sat 10-6 (Summer hours: Mon-Fri 10-6) | |
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