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September 18, 2007
Andy Freeberg
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Opening just last week at Danziger Projects in New York City is the highly talked about photographic series "Sentry," by artist Andy Freeberg. The series characterizes the New York Art world through its intentional distance and lack of humility. The artist has stated, "It was an odd moment when I walked into that first gallery in Chelsea and saw a large white desk with a head poking up from the top edge of the computer screen. I set my camera, carefully framing and exposing the scene, and the head never moved or took notice of my gaze..." Freeberg's work is interested in the intersection of art, architecture, and environment especially in its relation to human presence. The artist began his career as a photojournalist completing assignments for Rolling Stone, TIME, and Fortune magazine. The "Sentry" series was recently used for the novel "Lulu Meets God and Doubts Him." The artist's work, though not often shown in a gallery setting, has been acclaimed by critics and was selected as the lead images in a recent show curated by Charlotte Cotton, the new director of photography for the Los Angeles County Museum of Art.

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I've definitely had this feeling in Chelsea galleries,
I always wondered if they were actually as stuck-up as
they pretend to be.

---------------------------------------------------------- Posted by: Adam | September 18, 2007 12:08 AM

Is it Chelsea or the art community in general?

---------------------------------------------------------- Posted by: Ben | September 18, 2007 09:09 AM

I think the art community is fine in many other cities. From
my experience people can be snobs anywhere, most of them just happen to live in NYC and work for galleries in Chelsea. Does anyone disagree with this?

---------------------------------------------------------- Posted by: Adam | September 18, 2007 12:13 PM

How do you define "snob" - educated?

---------------------------------------------------------- Posted by: Sally | September 18, 2007 01:35 PM

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