Please join us to welcome Israeli photographer Roni Ben Ari to NYC
at her
Book Signing of Ladies in Waiting
Foley Gallery, 59 Orchard Street, NYC
Between Grand and Hester Streets
6 - 10:30 PM
Award-winning television journalist who became a full-time photographer, Roni Ben-Ari brought to Bosom Bodies: An Exhibition in Honor of Breast Cancer Awareness Month a sobering narrative about the world of prostitution beyond the lurid images we see in the tabloids. This is not your 21st century of Manet's Olympia or a feminist view of Picasso's Les Demoiselles d'Avignon moved to Israel, Russia and India. No - this is real life captured by a sympathetic, gifted artist who met these "working women" between tricks and promotional posing in brothels. She calls them Ladies in Waiting. The artist explains:
"In the Ladies in Waiting photography project I was introduced to the lives of sex workers through my volunteer work in a mobile clinic in Tel Aviv. It is a clinic that offers medical treatment, food for women that work in prostitution ‒ in the streets or in apartment. The clinic’s staff includes a doctor, a nurse, social workers and dedicated volunteers that travel on set days to places that are known to have prostitutes who are subjugated to their profession. The female staff provides blood tests to identify sexual diseases, manual breast exam, condoms, and clean needles for drug use ‒ which are an inseparable part of prostitution. They offer sandwiches as well as cold and hot drinks. With these actions, they attempt to acquire their trust, and to provide them with an honest environment, a friendly face, genuine concern and a sympathetic ear. . . . . "
Roni is bringing copies of her book Ladies in Waiting to New York and will be available to sign it and talk to you about the project at Foley Gallery, 59 Orchard Street, 6-10:30 PM.
For more information, please contact me at the New York Arts Exchange: nyarts.exchange@verizon.net or bethnewyorkarts@gmail.com. This is a special event taking place at Foley Gallery.
I look forward to celebrating Roni's NYC visit with you on Saturday, December 16th at Foley Gallery between Grand Street and Hester Street.
Happy Holidays,
Beth
Beth S. Gersh-Nesic, Ph.D.
Director and owner
New York Arts Exchange
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