Event Date and Time:
December 5, 2008 – January 10, 2009
Opening Reception December 5, 6-8PM. Gallery Hours: 10:00am - 7:00pm weekdays, and 12:00pm - 5:00pm Saturdays.
Location:
Gulf and Western Gallery
721 Broadway, Lobby
MORGAN LEVY'S
"A STRANGE SOUND IN THE DEEP SILENCE: PHOTOGRAPHS FROM ICELAND"
GOES ON VIEW AT NYU'S TISCH SCHOOL OF THE ARTS
Artist is winner of the Daniel Rosenberg Fellowship in the Department of Photography & Imaging
The photography exhibition A Strange Sound in the Deep Silence: Photographs from Iceland, by Morgan Levy, the recipient of the Daniel Rosenberg Fellowship in 2007 in the Department of Photography & Imaging at New York University's Tisch School of the Arts, will go on view December 5, 2008. The exhibition is comprised of 16 large color photographic images, diptychs and triptychs.
A Strange Sound in the Deep Silence: Photographs from Iceland will remain on view through January 10th, 2009 in the Gulf+Western Gallery, located in the lobby of 721 Broadway (at Waverly Place). Gallery hours are 10 a.m. through 7 p.m. weekdays and noon to 5 p.m. on Saturdays. The exhibition is open to the public and admission is free. A photo ID is required when entering the building. For further information, call 212-998-1930, visit www.photo.tisch.nyu.edu, or email photo.tsoa@nyu.edu. For information about the artist and project, visit www.morganrlevy.com.
The Daniel Rosenberg Fellowship was established in 1989 by Irwin and Civia Rosenberg in memory of their son Dan, who completed his B.F.A. degree in the Department of Photography in 1988. Each year since its inception, the fellowship enables one graduating senior to pursue a project involving travel.
Morgan Levy ('07) is a native of Philadelphia and lives and works in New York City. Her photographs have been features in several exhibitions, including shows at the Lower East Side Girls Gallery, Galleria Illy, Texas Woman's University, and New York University's Kimmel Center Gallery. Her work has also been published in Vice Magazine and Wondertime Magazine.
The Department of Photography & Imaging is an intensive four-year BFA program centered on the making and understanding of images. It is a diverse department embracing multiple perspectives. The students work in virtually all modes of analog, digital, and multimedia photo-based image making, exploring photo-based imagery as personal and cultural expression. For further information on the department, please visit our website, www.photo.tisch.nyu.edu
