Over 400
international collectors and prominent figures in art,
fashion, beauty and finance flocked to have the first
look at an extraordinary survey of four decades of work
by famed photographer Robert
Farber on
Thursday January 30. The show Farberesque:
From Pensive to Provocative at
3West57 Project presented by Cavalier Gallery is a
fascinating overview of the vast body of work created by
the iconic photographer who has influenced scores of the
world's leading photographers with hispainterly,
impressionistic style that allows the viewer to see the
subject from a different perspective by creating unique
compositions. The show runs
through February 26, 2014, 3West57 Project at Cavalier
Gallery, 3
West 57th Street, New
York (next
door to Bergdorf Goodman).
Robert Farber successfully
melded art & commerce to create award winning ad
campaigns for the likes of Bill Blass, Geoffrey Beene,
DeBeers Diamonds, Saks, Bloomingdale's, Avon, Marshall
Field's, Macy's, Mennen, Gillette, Cutex and Revlon
Early in his career he drew the attention of then editor Jacqueline
Kennedy Onassis.
Impressed by his fashion, nude and landscape works,
Onassis brought him into the Doubleday family and
published his best-selling book By
the Sea,
which won the Art Director's Award for color
photography. Interestingly, her estate included copies
of his other bestseller Farber
Nudes. Farber
now counts 10 best-selling books in his oeuvre with an
11th in final editing now. A
documentary highlighting the artist is currently in
development for PBS and will air September 2014.
While best known for his
work with the nude, the exhibition features newly
released prints of his classic fashion images,
selections from his Americana series,
as well as, a group of his vintage SX70 Polaroids. Also
Included are images of his beloved New
York City and
a selection of images from a number of his books,
including a preview of images from his nest book. The
show opened with an artist reception on Thursday,
January 30th
Among the glamorous crowd
attending the must-see-show of the season were
philanthropist Jean
Shafiroff, Ann Rapp, Lucia
Hwong Gordon, Sylvia
Hemingway,
Patricia Shiah, Yanina Velez, Sara Herbert
Galloway & Barry Klarberg, Errol
Rappaport, Gary
Springer, Fairweather Magazine's Alexandra
Fairweather and Eric
Goodman. Pamela
Morgan, Judy
Gilbert, collector
and philanthropist Henry
Buhl, designer Berry
Brown, art
dealer & publisher Ian
Shapolsky, Anese Young, Judith Farber, Devon Farber,
Blake Farber, Ulrika "Red" Nilsson, Heike Vogel,
Victoria Bach, Gary & Katherine Andreassen, Caroline
Lieberman, Silvina Quinteros, Lee Fryd, Sara
Ann Johnson,
Barbara Saltzman, Amelia Doggwiler, artist Ron
Burkhardt, Howard Rosen, Olivia Malonda, Merv & Leslie
Bloch, power
attorney & philanthropist David
Hryck, opera
singer Luciano
Lamonarca, gallery
owners Christina
Madden and Javier
Toure, art
advisor Annelien
Bruin of
Tang Art Advisory,
Baroness Sheri de Borchgrave, photo
journalist & author of Incomparable
Women of Style Rose
Hartman, Times
Square Chronicle publisher & arts advocate Suzanna
Bowling, journalist
and author Rita
Cosby and Tomaczek
Bednarek, Joanna Sterling & David de Brujin, Fitzie,
Kathleen Giordano, Dr. Penny Grant, Kate Donner, Matthew
Allen, Jeannette
Hektoen & Neill Slaughter, Dot McMahon, Jan
& Michael Planit, author
& filmmaker Sprague
Theobald, landscape
designer Larry
Schepps and Daniella
Zahradnikova. Such
was the anticipation of the event that even collector
Monarch Wealth Management's Barry
Klarberg, a member of the Super Bowl Host Committee
made it to Farber's show in between NFL activities.
Co-publishers of
Fairweather Magazine and founders of Ivy
Untapped, a
dedicated network hub & a place for collaboration,
talent, new ideas and business opportunities for its Ivy
League members Alexandra Fairweather
& Eric Goodman pulled
in a host of young collectors including Sarah
Lebovitz, Diana Barkhoudarian, Chantel & Marcel Goodman,
Ella Rider, Aki Terasaki, Sydney Lapeyrolerie, Savanna
Holts, Alexander, Michael Harstrick, Claud Marotta,
Maria-Anna Goess, Slavea Assenova, Guy Sorey, Phoebe
Fairweather, Jo Beth Stoddard and Bill
Goodman.
Farberesque:
From Pensive to Provocative
January 30th � February
26th, 2014
Project 3W57 Presented by
Cavalier Gallery
3 W 57th Street,
4th Floor
New York, NY 10019
Open Monday - Saturday
10am-5pm
212.570.4696
art@cavaliergalleries.com
www.cavaliergalleries.com