Viva Habbit Van Assen: Texture of Beauty
Posted on | March 8, 2010 | No Comments
Who: A Woman’s Eye Gallery
What: Photography
Artist: Viva Habbit Van Assen
Show Title: Texture of Beauty
When: Opens April 3
Reception: Saturday, April 10, 12:00-5:00pm
Where: A Woman’s Eye Gallery
678 Portola Drive, San Francisco, CA 94127
Gallery Hours: Wednesday, Saturday and Sunday, Noon to 5:00pm and by appointment.
Public Info: 415 731-6470 AWEGallery.com
Contact: Alice Steele, 415 826-3451 SFAlice@aol.com.
Viva Habbit Van Assen says she follows the example of James Van Der Zee, a photographer from The Harlem Renaissance, by “capturing the beauty of black folk in which he took ordinary people and expounded on their blackness.” Viva’s portrait work is a display of self-expression while photographing outdoors allows her to portray beauty in its rare form. In her work, she tries her utmost to show something that others may have missed.
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