Silverstein Photography is pleased to announce If You Reading This, the first New York solo exhibition of works by the photographer and installation artist Zoe Strauss. This exhibition is a midterm review featuring the artist’s ongoing “I-95” project, which Strauss refers to as her “epic narrative.”
Featuring photographs of downtrodden city dwellers, abandoned structures, bemusing signage and remnants of urban decay, “I-95” is an annual installation that began in 2001. Photographs are adhered to support piers under the highway overpass at Front and Mifflin Streets in Philadelphia. The outdoor exhibition is on view from 1-4pm the first weekend of each May. Strauss encourages visitors to remove the laminated photographs, and throughout the year she offers Xerox reproductions for five dollars on her website—an expression of her commitment to community accessible art. Invitations to this exhibition have been signed, annotated, and editioned by the artist, keeping with that tradition