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The RMS Foundation (Queen Mary)
Friday, September 07, 2007
SUN DECK GALLERY ABOARD THE QUEEN MARY PRESENTS 'WOMAN: A CELEBRATION'
FEATURING 65 IMAGES OF 19TH & 20TH CENTURY WOMEN BY WORLD'S GREAT
PHOTOGRAPHERS
Exhibit to Run September 15, 2007 - March 2, 2008 with First Gallery Event &
Book Signing Scheduled for 2:00 p.m., Sunday, September 30
Long Beach, CA-
CLICK THIS LINK FOR EXHIBIT PHOTOS - CAPTIONS BELOW
www.queenmary.com/images/press/celebration
The Sun Deck Gallery aboard the historic Queen Mary in Long Beach,
California, is proud to present Woman: A Celebration, an exhibition
featuring 65 timeless images of 19th and 20th Century women, both well known
and anonymous, by many of the world's great photographers. Images of famous
women such as Audrey Hepburn, Greta Garbo, Mother Teresa, Billie Holiday and
Georgia O'Keefe are exhibited alongside equally compelling images of various
unknown women in their everyday, often joyous, sometimes difficult roles.
The Exhibit, sponsored by Pepsi and Absolut Vodka will open Saturday,
September 15, 2007, and run through March 2, 2008. The first of a series of
public gallery events, featuring a gallery talk and book signing with Peter
Fetterman, is scheduled for 2:00 p.m. on Sunday, September 30. The Sun Deck
Gallery aboard the Queen Mary is open to the public free of charge from noon
until 6 p.m. daily.
Woman: A Celebration, is an elegant and thoughtful journey through the
mystery of women in all their glorious diversity and moods, and is produced
by the Peter Fetterman Gallery and Pancho Barnes Enterprises, Inc. The
exhibition is curated by Peter Fetterman with Dr. Lou D'Elia, and the
gallery is designed by Michael Salazar.
Peter Fetterman's hardbound catalogue of the show, photographic prints and
other fine art books will be available for purchase at the Sun Deck Gallery
shop.
Woman: A Celebration is heartwarming and empowering, presenting a wide range
of universally appealing images of women from the camera work of some of the
greatest photographers of the 19th and 20th Centuries. When it made the
first stop of its tour at the Orange County Museum of Art in 2003, it was
hailed as "extraordinary" and "a wonderful place to be." OPRAH Magazine
said, "There is so much joy and whimsy and even holiness in the show that
every photograph is a thrill." Whoopi Goldberg wrote, in her forward to the
catalogue, "these images make you want to reach out for the next woman you
see - give her a big hug and be glad you know her."
Peter Fetterman is a fine art photography dealer and collector based in
Santa Monica, California. He previously edited and published a book on the
photographer Cornell Capa and is currently preparing an upcoming exhibition
and book in the Celebration Series, Child: A Celebration.
Dr. Lou D'Elia of Pancho Barnes Enterprises also produced and curated the
Sun Deck Gallery's first two exhibits, Lights! Camera! Glamour!, featuring
the work of George Hurrell, and Rockin' Hollywood featuring the work of
Michael Childers. Architect Michael Salazar, also of Pancho Barnes
Enterprises, provided design direction for all three exhibits and created
the flexible new exhibit space that premiered with the Rockin' Hollywood
show (June 15 - September 3, 2007).
The two images featured in the exhibition graphics (Zoey Smith/Zbra Designs)
show the diversity of women depicted in the show. Grace Robertson's 1956
image, "Mother's Pub Outing," playfully presents ladies in dresses, hats
and gloves on a roller coaster, in contrast with Chester Higgins, Jr.'s
intense 1990 portrait of a veiled "Moslem Woman" in New York City.
To learn more about Peter Fetterman, go to www.peterfetterman.com; for
Pancho Barnes Enterprises, go to www.panchobarnes.com; and, finally, for
Queen Mary and Sun Deck Gallery information, go to www.queenmary.com.
Now permanently docked and celebrating 40 years in Long Beach, the Queen
Mary's operation and preservation are entrusted to the RMS Foundation, Inc.,
a 501(c)(3) not-for-profit, public benefit corporation. The new Sun Deck
Gallery is dedicated to the exhibition of fine art photography and the
exploration of the ship's extensive photo archive. Proceeds from the Sun
Deck Gallery benefit historic preservation, restoration and conservation of
the historic ship's art and interiors. The Gallery is located high atop the
Queen Mary on the deck of the same name, convenient to historic exhibits,
tours, shows and entertainment, fine restaurants, unique shops and leisurely
promenades with panoramic views from the open Sun Deck that surrounds the
Gallery.
Captions - Lead Images
Mother's Pub Outing, 1956 by Grace Robertson (plate 22)
Moslem Woman, 1990 by Chester Higgins, Jr., courtesy of the Peter Fetterman
Gallery (plate 83)
Captions - Additional Images
Imogen & Twinka, Yosemite, 1974 by Judy Dater, courtesy of the Peter
Fetterman Gallery (plate 52)
Self Portrait, 1932 by Alma Lavenson, Estate of Alma Lavenson, courtesy of
the Peter Fetterman Gallery (plate 90)
Maidens in Waiting - 1951 by Bert Hardy, Estate of Bert Hardy; Getty Images,
courtesy of the Peter Fetterman Gallery (plate 95)
El Silencio, 1998 by Louis Gonzales Palma, courtesy of the Peter Fetterman
Gallery (plate 106)
Pablo Picasso & Francoise Gilot, 1948 by Robert Capa, The Estate of Robert
Capa/Magnum Photos, Courtesy of the Peter Fetterman Gallery (plate 120)
Exhibition Inventory
A complete list of 75 Woman: A Celebration images and photographers is
available by request.
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