Greenberg Van Doren Gallery is pleased to present the debut New York solo exhibition by Jessica Craig-Martin, on view from September 6 – October 6, 2007. Craig-Martin’s work has been widely seen in various publications and solo museum projects, yet this is her first commercial gallery exhibition in New York. Most recently, the artist was featured in group shows at Bortolami Dayan, Rivington Arms, and The Bard Center for Curatorial Studies.

The exhibition will feature sixteen medium to large format glossy color photographs taken at private parties, galas, and benefits. As a photographer who has worked for Vogue and Vanity Fair, among others, Craig-Martin has had ready access to the glitz and glamour of well-heeled society. In her new work, the artist focuses her lens on the jet-set territory of the Hamptons, documenting events such as The Parrish Art Museum annual gala. Cropped and obliquely angled, Craig-Martin rarely allows for the identification of her subject’s faces, thus subverting the concept of society page party pictures, and instead points towards the baubles, plumage and the telling details which offer commentary on society’s obsession with surface.

Jessica Craig-Martin was born in 1963 and studied at New York University, Parsons at The New School, and The International Center for Photography. She currently lives and works in New York. Her solo museum and gallery exhibitions include Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofia, Madrid; PS1/MoMA; Galleria Maze, Turin; Colette, Paris; White Columns, NY; and Interim Art, London. Group exhibitions include The Saatchi Gallery, London; Deitch Projects, NY; and Nicole Klagsbrun Gallery, NY, among many others. Craig-Martin’s photographs have appeared in publications such as The New York Times Magazine, New York Magazine, Vogue, W Magazine, Artforum and Frieze.

Selected Works from the Exhibition