Elizabeth Jordan “50 Grams”
BOSI Contemporary
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BOSI Contemporary presents “50 Grams”, a solo exhibition by artist Elizabeth Jordan. This symbolic and powerful exhibition features photographs taken in Russia, and is intended to offer Jordan’s personal view into the country’s culture, its traditions, textures, faces and landmarks.
As an American of Russian descent, Jordan returned back to Russia in 2013, after almost 10 years of being away, to capture this familiar land through a new, romanticized lens — indicative of her emotionally resonant images. Jordan has always captured elements that are sometimes difficult to see, yet powerful, and she is able present them in a “pop art” style photography.
She takes images of harsh or tough subjects and exposes their softer side, making them beautiful and dignified, rather than abhorrent and hopeless – without diminishing the critical state of the subject itself. Jordan has traveled to Russia, Burma, Bosnia, Ghana, Malawi, Thailand, Rwanda, Kenya, Haiti, the Americas and India. Using her art to raise awareness for those living in war-torn countries, Jordan’s photography has gone toward charity work and has raised hundreds of thousands of dollars in the past years.
Selected photographs from the exhibition support the scholarship fund for Emerging Women Professionals in Russia through The Jordan Center for the Advanced Study of Russia at NYU. Established in 2011 thanks to a generous gift from the family of NYU alumni Boris and Elizabeth Jordan. The gift satisfied two goals: to promote knowledge and understanding of Russia past, present, and future, making Russia central to a global conversation; and to situate this ambition in a world-class research university in a vibrant center of business and the arts.
[Elizabeth Jordan “untitled 4 (Frozen in Love)” (2013) digital matte C print, mounted on sintra, mounted on plexiglass 30 x 40 in.]
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Schedule
from June 20, 2013 to June 30, 2013
Opening Reception on 2013-06-20 from 18:00 to 21:00