Most Exciting. Gallery Press Release. Ever.

I think this is how Star Wars fans must feel when Mr. Lucas announces another prequel. Or not, since those have been known to suck. But this-- this will not. OK, I'll kill the suspense: Alessandra Sanguinetti is showing a continuation of her amazing series The Adventures of Guille and Belinda and the Enigmatic Meaning of their Dreams, entitled The Life That Came.

Full Press Release:

Alessandra Sanguinetti
The Life that Came
September 4-October 18, 2008
Artist's Reception
Friday, September 12, 6:00-8:00 pm

Yossi Milo Gallery is pleased to announce The Life that Came, an exhibition of color photographs by Alessandra Sanguinetti. The exhibition will open on Thursday, September 4 and close on Saturday, October 18, with a reception for the artist on Friday, September 12 from 6:00 to 8:00 pm. This will be the artist's third exhibition at the gallery.

The Life that Came is the continuation of The Adventures of Guille and Belinda and the Enigmatic Meaning of their Dreams, an ongoing series of photographs following the lives of the young cousins Guillermina and Belinda as they grow up on their family's farm outside Buenos Aires. Cultivating an intimate relationship with the pair, Ms. Sanguinetti has collaborated with the girls since 1999, capturing images inspired by the expectations, fantasies, and fears that accompany the psychological and physical transition from childhood to adulthood.

This sequel to the gallery's exhibition of the series in 2004 carries the project forward to a new period in the lives of Guille and Belinda as they enter the adult world they once imagined. The fantastical tableaux of personal dreams and lively imagination of the early images give way to more meditative moments as the two cousins shape their own realities, encounter the fragility of changing relationships, and confront early motherhood.

Alessandra Sanguinetti was born in New York City in 1968 and currently lives and works in both Buenos Aires and New York City. Her work has been exhibited extensively abroad, including a solo show at the Museum of Modern Art, Buenos Aires, and is part of several collections including the Museum of Modern Art, New York, the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, and the International Center of Photography, New York. She has been awarded numerous grants and prizes, including the Guggenheim Foundation Fellowship, Hasselblad Foundation Grant, and Rencontres d'Arles Discovery Award.

__

Here are some of the new images. They're all grown up. Amazing.



Time Flies, 2005


Ray of Light, 2005