Neighbours

The online exhibition ‘Clear Boundaries’ with works by Rania Matar and Arne Svenson continues at the Robert Klein Gallery in Boston until September 7, 2020.

Under the title of ‘Clear Boundaries’, the Robert Klein Gallery presents a joint exhibition of works by two renowned photographers: in their separate projects, Rania Matar and Arne Svenson documented neighours, friends and strangers through the windows of their homes.

Rania Matar is a Leica photographer, whose portfolio ‘Ordinary Lives’ was featured in LFI 06/2011.

While standing at her kitchen sink this March during quarantine, the artist noticed a neighbour reclining in a window seat – which led her to contemplate the idea of “connecting across barriers”.

Arne Svenson’s work also follows the theme of looking through windows – often in the context of referencing images from art history. While the photographs from his two series – ‘The Neighbors’ (2012, winner of the Henri Nannen Prize 2016), and ‘Invisible’ (2019) – were taken prior to the Covid pandemic, they take on an entirely new relevance in the light of current global events.


For further details visit Robert Klein Gallery