Lundi 27 Février 2017 11:51:46 par Romeo Mocafico dans Expositions

Press release - After the successful launch of Anja Niemi's new series The Woman Who Never Existed at Photofairs San Francisco in January, The Little Black Gallery is delighted to announce exhibitions of the new works in Oslo, Paris and London.

Shoot Gallery Oslo (9 March - 30 April)
Galerie Photo 12 Paris (16 March - 22 April)
The Little Black Gallery London (4 - 27 May)

Intermission © Anja Niemi, The Little Black Gallery

The Woman Who Never Existed by Anja Niemi was inspired by the words of the pioneering Italian actress http://fr.actuphoto.com/hashtag/duse">Eleonora. Eleonora worked the international theatre stage alongside http://fr.actuphoto.com/hashtag/duse">Eleonora in the early 20th century. In contrast to Bernhardt's outgoing personality, Duse was introverted and private, rarely giving interviews. She once famously told a pushy New York journalist, that ‘away from the stage I do not exist.’

Niemi takes on the role of a fictional character visualized after reading Eleonora’s words. The Woman Who Never Existed tells the story of an actress who only exists in front of an audience, when no one is looking she starts to disappear.

In the same way as before Niemi works alone. Photographing, staging and acting out the characters in all of her photographs.