WOMEN AS ART

Robert Farber
New York | 2021

In Women as Art, fifty-years of an evolving vision by acclaimed photographer Robert Farber introduces viewers online through The Selects Gallery, Christopher Martin Gallery, and Cavalier Gallery to a world of beauty in which women, at times are often overlooked and objectified by society. Exploring the female form, he captures the true essence of a woman in her undisturbed element. His works entice the viewer to contemplate and question beauty versus sexuality, encouraging reconsideration in the way one looks at the female form. Farber states, “Bodies are fully as expressive as faces. Sometimes the arch of a back, the curve described by an arm, the tension of an outstretched leg can evoke responses that a facial expression can’t.”

Farber presents women reposed or engaged in diverse ranges of activities that showcase their beauty and emotional power through physical form.
 His works isolate common notions of sexual objectification, turning photographs into picturesque compositions that frequently possess a painterly quality.

In a multi-genre career deliberately construed towards a prominence in women, what has evolved is a fifty-year retrospective that encompasses numerous works selected by Ianniello that metaphorically conceptualize women, transforming the female form into unique abstraction. The final exhibition highlights Farber’s creative skill and imagination through his photographic lens. Aside from this exhibition, it also helps raise awareness about Breast Cancer in partnership with the Breast Cancer Research Foundation from Farber’s close family encounters with the disease. A portion of sales goes to the foundation.

About the Artist

Robert Farber’s global recognition has been established through his books, fine art exhibitions, lectures, TV interviews and award-winning advertising campaigns, all in the genres of fashion, beauty, nudes, and lifestyle.  His thirteen photo art books have sold over half a million copies, and his book Farber Nudes was included in the Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis estate collection. Farber’s style has influenced generations of photographers. His work with nudes in fine art as well as in the commercial realm is highly respected. Farber has exhibited in galleries and museums worldwide, and his sensitive portrayal of the female form has led to over twenty-five years of collaborative fundraising for breast cancer research