ARTIST SPACES, NEW ORLEANS to Be Displayed at Ogden Museum of Art, 10/29

An official launch reception for accomplished photographer Tina Freeman's new book Artist Spaces, New Orleans will be held at the Ogden Museum of Art in New Orleans on Wednesday, October 29, from 6-8 pm. Few artists have the luxury of separate work and living spaces, thus work and life often end up compressed into a singular personal environment.

Artist Spaces provides a comprehensive portrait of the city's artists and their relationship to space.

In more than one hundred extraordinary photos taken by Freeman and more than a dozen artist interviews by Morgan Molthrop, Artist Spaces highlights the spaces of New Orleans art luminaries George Dureau, Ron Bechet, Ma-Po, Dawn Dedeaux, Elizabeth Shannon, Willie Birch, Ersy, David Halliday, Robert Tannen, Elenora "Rukiya" Brown, Nicole Charbonnet, Kevin Kline, Amy Weiskopf, Keith Duncan, Josephine Sacabo, Lin Emery, and graffiti artist "Fat Boy."

The interviews and photos provide a perfect complement. While Freeman poetically captures an intensely personal vision of the artists and their spaces, Molthrop unearths what the most accomplished artists in the city have to say about their relationship to that space. What results is an indication that each artist's style is often reflected in the quality, character, and aesthetic of their living/working environments--a striking illustration of how deeply personal, all-encompassing, and interconnected are life and art.

"Tina Freeman is one of the most accomplished photographers working out of New Orleans," says James Wilson, associate director of UL Press. "She has never done a book set in her native city. This project is a perfect expression of her commitment and contributions to the New Orleans art scene."

"This is a very exciting topic and a long overdue survey of an energetic-and essential-community of artists," says Ogden Museum Director William Andrews. "Tina Freeman has typically lent her investigative lens in faraway places, and it is invigorating to see her focus on a subject closer to home. As seen countless of times, the opportunity to document an artist's studio and artistic practice is truly fleeting."

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