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The past year has proved tough for artists. With galleries shut during lockdowns, opportunities for exposure have been scarce. A lack of interaction with the creative community has left many creatives feeling isolated from their networks. And yet, at the same time, experimental, innovative ways of working and exhibiting have sprung up in the virtual realm. Itâs also been a year of reckoning in relation to racial politics, with organisations rethinking who they are and how they operate. Assembly has grown out of this unique cultural and historical moment.
A hybrid organisation existing at the intersection between an agency, an online gallery and creative studio, the platform launched in March with eight international, diverse lens-based artists on its books, spanning the fine art and commercial photographic worlds. âAssembly is dedicated to supporting artists who are engaging in some of the most important social and cultural issues of our time,â�
Meryl Meisler documents the collision of 2 NYC worlds in Light Work exhibit
Wendy Wang | Staff Photographer
A compilation of Meryl Meisler’s photographs from her book “A Tale of Two Cities: Disco Era Bushwick” is on display at Light Work until July.
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Despite being assigned the novel multiple times as a young teenager, Meryl Meisler never fully finished “A Tale of Two Cities” by Charles Dickens. She hadn’t even read it all the way through until she named her first book after it.
“A Tale of Two Cities: Disco Era Bushwick,” published in 2014, showcases Meisler’s collection of street photography from her time as a public school teacher in Brooklyn and the wild nightlife images of New York City in the 1970s. An exhibition of archives from Meisler’s first book, titled “Meryl Meisler: Best of Times, Worst of Times,” went on display at Light Work on March 22 and will run until late July.
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