Press Release: WOMAN: Self-Portrait Exhibition Opens at Kashya Hildebrand Gallery, NY
press_womanWoman: Self Portrait | June 1st - July 1st 2006Shirin Aliabadi, Michal Chelbin, Christina Dallas, Dalit Gurevich, Naomi Harris, Erika Harrsch, Tiina Itkonen, Adela Leibowitz, Lynne Marie, Leemour Pelli, Astari Rasjid, Julieta Schildknecht, Ginna Triplett, Patricia Von Ah, Sonja Wyss, Amanda Seelye-Salzman, Gabrielle Senza (Red Collaborative)Dalit Anolik – CuratorWoman: Self Portrait is a group exhibition composed of seventeen local and international women artists; offering a multi-cultural view of the contemporary female experience. As the title suggests, the artwork provides an insight into how women perceive themselves as artists, professionals, children, parents and members of society. In addition, it comments on how those self-perceptions might clash with their surrounding social and political environments.This exhibition hopes to raise questions regarding roles, identity, responsibility and expectations related to gender, and most importantly — raise…