09 EMILIE HALPERN

Indoor Fireworks, 2002,
c-print, 13" x 12", ed. 2 of 6

Born in Paris, Emilie Halpern has since relocated to Los Angeles, where she received her BA from University of California, Los Angeles and her MFA from Art Center College of Design in Pasadena. Her work has been shown in group exhibitions that include Casey Kaplan in New York, ACME in Los Angeles, The Breeders Project in Athens, and The Project in Los Angeles. Last year was Halpern’s first solo debut at Anna Helwing Gallery, where she is scheduled for another in 2006. The Gallery describes Halpern’s work as exploring “sentimental themes like romance, distance and longing.” In this work, Indoor Fireworks, exploding trails of light are suspended in a dreamlike state over an unmade bed as if evoked by a fleeting memory or temporal desire.

courtesy of Anna Helwing Gallery, Los Angeles
value $1,200–1,500