Rania Matar: SHE Opening Reception
With a Reading by janan alexandra + book signings
Pictura Gallery, Community Events, Writing
Location
Pictura - 202 S Rogers St. Bloomington, IN
On View: April 3 - May 29
Opening Reception with a Reading by janan alexandra: Friday, April 3rd 5-8pm
202 S Rogers St, Bloomington IN
Join us for a Gallery Walk Opening Reception with exhibiting photographer, Rania Matar. We will open the exhibition with a reading from janan alexandra. Both Rania and janan will have books available to sign during the opening.
Pictura Gallery is pleased to present Rania Matar’s series, SHE, which looks at young women coming of age in the US and in Lebanon. Matar is a Lebanese-born, American/Palestinian artist. She has dedicated her work to exploring issues of personal and collective identity, through photographs of female adolescence and womanhood. Matar’s portraits capture the lives of young women who persist in uncertain times.
In addition to the exhibition in Pictura, the Sidney and Lois Eskenazi Museum of Art will exhibit 50 Years Later - Where Do I Go? forefronting the creativity, strength, and dignity of young women in Lebanon, particularly around the 50 year anniversary of the Lebanese Civil War.
50 Years Later - Where Do I Go? حور نيول
Exhibition On View: March 5 - August 9
Opening: Thursday, March 5th 5-8pm
Artist Talk: Thursday, April 2nd 5pm
Eskenazi Museum of Art 1133 E. 7 St, Bloomington, IN