The title of the exhibition, Hello from Bertha, refers to a signature image by the artist from 1983-4, which is a “promotional still” for Morrisroe’s Super 8 film of the same name, which itself “was a trashy drag drama based on the eponymous 1946 Tennessee Williams one-act play about a dying, penniless prostitute in a low-class bordello.”[Stuart Comer]
At a young age, it was instilled in Erik Schubert that the mythology of Dale Carnegie’s classic book How to Win Friends and Influence People was one that predicted success and happiness in life. The book was widely published and accepted by business people and corporate planners all over the world, including Schubert’s father.
Over seven years ago, Ian Sternthal stumbled upon The Pri-Or PhotoHouse in Tel-Aviv on Allenby Street. Attracted by the amazing black and white images in the window display, he walked in out of curiosity and met Mirian Weissenstein, the founder of the studio, which she opened with her husband Rudi in 1940.
In Wide Receivers and Tight Ends, Mónika Sziládi explores how the social sphere and its attendant behaviors are simultaneously tribalized and atomized amidst the ever increasing noise of mass (over)communication, digital media, and self-broadcasting.
