A.I.R. Gallery will exhibit 18 self-portrait photographs from Enid Crow's series Disasters! from May 2nd to May 27th, 2006. This photography exhibition features self-portraits of the artist in costume as men and women reacting to some un-shown terror. The show, although humorous, evokes the apprehension and fear found in societies suffering from terrorism, war, and natural disasters. A.I.R. Gallery is located at 511 W. 25th Street (between 10th and 11th Avenues) in Chelsea, Manhattan. This is Ms. Crow's third solo exhibition in 2006 and her first in New York City.
Enid Crow is a recipient of an 18-month fellowship for emerging artists from A.I.R. Gallery in New York, the oldest artist-run gallery devoted to women artists in the country. Enid Crow, whose work is influenced by Cindy Sherman and Nikki S. Lee, has been photographing herself for 19 years as characters in dramatic scenes. Her often comedic photographs explore feminist issues such as the construction of gender, body image and costume, and rebellion.
Enid Crow began photographing Disasters! in late 2001 after a series of public and private catastrophes: the terrorist attacks, the Italian and Queens, New York plane crashes, the suicide of her lover's mother. Since then, she has taken more than 50 photographs of herself playing characters observing the world falling apart. It is never clear what the characters are gasping at or running away from; instead, the focus is on the horror in their faces. |
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