Anne Arden McDonald

March 12 - April 25, 1998

The Robin Rice Gallery announces a solo exhibition of photography by Anne Arden McDonald. The opening reception will be held on March 12, 1998, from 5:30 - 8:30 p.m. The show runs through April 25, 1998.

This exhibition seeks to document a pivotal shift in McDonald's work. From the age fifteen to thirty she created fantasy self portraiture in abandoned buildings that addressed the confusion of living in a body that dreams of breathing under water, floating or flying. Installation and performance have always been elements in her work, but last year McDonald moved from actor to director. She began creating couple and group portraits about relationships, how we communicate and how our fates are tied up together. 

In the invitational piece, wire cones act as symbols for her and her boyfriend and the distance between them that she was never able to bridge.  In another image shot outside an Austrian ruin, a man and women are standing under an installation of sheets tied up at different heights representing their different viewpoints.

Raised in Atlanta, McDonald was educated at Wesleyan University and The Rhode Island School of Design and moved to New York in 1989.  Presently she lectures on staged photography and has been a recipient of the Critics choice award from Fotofest and the Marie Walsh Sharpe Foundation Space Grant in N.Y.C.  McDonald’s photographs are in six museum collections and she has had 30 solo shows in twelve countries. 

Since 1991 she has shown in several group shows at The Robin Rice Gallery.  Her first solo show, this exhibit will include self-portraits from recent years, and her first year of couple and group portraits.

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