Eve Sonneman's Third Solo Show at Nohra Haime Gallery Features Black-and-White Diptychs

Eve Sonneman presents her third exhibition at Nohra Haime Gallery in three years, running from March 14 to April 28, 2012. The show, titled 'La Côte d’Azur,' features new black-and-white diptych photographs that mark a return to her classic photographic idiom. Sonneman's work employs subtle shifts in scale and cropping within twin-shot motifs to imply narrative complexity and destabilize temporal fixity. One notable piece, 'Femmes de Chambre en Rang, La Croisette, Cannes, 2012,' is a digitally printed photograph on Japanese paper, measuring 20 x 30 inches in a diptych format with an edition of 10. The image captures reflections of dainty cutout chambermaids in a Cannes shop window, echoing her earlier Polaroid experiments. Sonneman, who showed at Leo Castelli Gallery in the 1970s and '80s as its only female presence, is known for blending whimsy and wit into photography during an era of social and conceptual austerity. Her artistic practice spans camera work, abstract watercolor, and painted constructions with equal passion. During Polaroid's experimental period, she coined the term 'Sonnegrams' for works that superimposed dancers and figures onto NASA-supplied imagery. The gallery is located at 730 Fifth Avenue between 56th and 57th Street in New York City.