Virtual Walk Through

Rania Matar

SHE
May 15 – July 3

A spacious art gallery with white walls, displaying various framed paintings on either side, and a polished wooden floor leading down a central corridor under bright ceiling lights.
A framed photograph of a graffiti-covered wall hangs on a plain white wall in an art gallery, illuminated by soft lighting from above.
A modern art gallery interior displaying a series of framed photographs on white walls, evenly spaced and illuminated by ceiling lights. The floor is polished wood.
Bright art gallery interior featuring three large paintings on white walls, each depicting different vibrant nature scenes, under a soft overhead lighting.
A person in a black robe floating facedown in a shallow, clear stream with a golden and rocky riverbed. The image exudes a serene and contemplative mood.
Two people draped in patterned fabrics sitting on a doorstep against a purple and brick wall, creating an artistic and vibrant scene.
A young woman with braided hair stands partially concealed by tall, thin plants in front of a textured red metal background.
A woman with curly red hair lies on a bed, her head tilted away from the viewer, beside a window on a rainy day. Paintings, including a large nude portrait of her, adorn the walls.
A woman with curly red hair looks out a graffiti-covered wall frame at a dense urban landscape, her back to the viewer, in a contemplative pose.
Two women sitting back to back, one wearing a red hoodie and the other with long, dark hair, against a textured purple wall. They look contemplative.
A young woman with curly blonde hair, wearing a polka-dot top and jeans, stands facing the ocean, with stormy clouds above and waves crashing near the shore.
A woman in a white dress stands in a wintry field of tall, dry grass dotted with snow, with a foggy and overcast sky above.
A woman with red hair wearing a striped dress stands beside a rusty red wall, looking at a graffiti-covered building with a closed window.
Three framed photographs hanging on a white wall in a gallery setting, evenly spaced and each illuminated by overhead lights.
Two framed photographs are displayed on a gallery wall. The left image shows a rocky landscape with colorful materials, and the right captures a person with curly hair at a cloudy seaside.
A framed painting depicting a figure in historical attire stands on display on a white gallery wall, the artwork illuminated by ambient lighting.
Two framed paintings displayed on a gallery wall, one depicting a figure by a tree and the other an abstract, colorful swirl with a dark figure.
An art gallery interior with white walls featuring large framed photographs of various landscapes, and a bright blue accent wall visible on the left.
An art gallery interior featuring a clean, well-lit space with white walls, displaying six framed photographs in a linear arrangement. Each photo showcases vibrant, varied subjects.
A person in motion blurred walking past three photographs hung on a gallery wall, with one featuring an architectural scene, another a close-up of a bird, and the third an abstract orange texture.

Rania Matar

SHE
May 15 – July 31

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Press Release

Richard Levy Gallery is pleased to present a selection of 9 photographs by Rania Matar from the series SHE.

In the artist’s words, “This project organically evolved, as I gradually found that the photographic process was becoming more collaborative and performance driven, and that the women I was working with more involved in the creative process. Instead of just being present in, and blending into, their environment, they were owning it, presiding over it, and making it their own. I found myself focusing on their strength and their majestic presence instead of their vulnerability. They climbed on rocks and trees, jumped in dirty water, crawled under thorns, trespassed into abandoned buildings. The work became about risk-taking, collaboration, experimentation, performance, empowerment, and about pushing the limits of creativity and self-expression. I am thankful to and in awe of these fierce and inspiring women who were willing to get out of their comfort zone.”

“As with the rest of my work, I photograph women both in the Middle East where I am from and the United States where I live, in an effort to focus on our shared humanity and womanhood, and on the strength, power, creativity and beauty of women in both places that I call home.”

Matar’s work has been widely published and exhibited in museums worldwide, including the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, Carnegie Museum of Art, National Museum of Women in the Arts, and more.  A mid-career retrospective of her work at the Cleveland Museum of Art traveled to the Amon Carter Museum of American Art and the University of Beirut Museum. She is the recipient of many awards including the Guggenheim Fellowship, the Mellon Foundation artist-in-residency grant, the Legacy Award at the Griffin Museum of Photography,  and the Massachusetts Cultural Council artist fellowship. She was born and raised in Lebanon and currently lives in Boston where she teaches at the Massachusetts College of Art and Design.

Images for this exhibition can be viewed online at www.levygallery.com. High-resolution images are available on request. Follow us on Instagram and Facebook: @levygallery @raniamatar #raniamatar #richardlevygallery #SHE

Dates: May 15–July 31, 2020
Hours: Open by Appointment
Location: 514 Central Avenue SW, Albuquerque, NM 87102
Contact: 505.766.9888, info@levygallery.com, www.levygallery.com @levygallery

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Rania Matar