© Beatrix Reinhardt
© Beatrix Reinhardt
Photographer Beatrix Reinhardt is intrigued by the concept of membership clubs - how they include
and exclude - and how that is visually defined in their interior spaces.
A series of her photographs, Members Only, is featured in the Atelier Gallery at the Stoneham
Theatre in Stoneham, MA, September 9 through November 7. The opening reception is September 9,
6-7:30 p.m. The exhibit runs parallel to the theater's production "Perfect Harmony."
"To me, clubs are the nexus of homogeny and heterogeny. It is that space where `like' comes
together and `unlike' stays apart," Reinhardt says. "It is not only due to the nature of union that
the club is defined and takes on a meaning, but also due to the nature of exclusion. All these
notions have visual manifestations, which became the focus of this body of work."
Reinhardt explains that her photographs "are un-peopled but replete with human presence, visible in
form of the social relations conveyed by the organization of space." She began the club series in
2003 in Australia, where she found clubs to be "institutions of great significance in the social
landscape." She has since photographed clubs in China, the United States, Spain, the Ukraine, and
England.
Reinhardt grew up in the former East Germany. After completing undergraduate studies in New German
Literature in Berlin, she studied at the New School for Social Research in New York, graduating
with a master's degree in media studies. She started studying photography at the New School and
continued at Illinois State University. Since completing a master of fine arts degree, Reinhardt
has been living and working in different parts of the world. Her work has been exhibited
internationally. Since 2006, she has been program coordinator of photography at the College of
Staten Island/CUNY in New York.
The Griffin Museum's Atelier Gallery at the Stoneham Theatre is open Tuesdays through Saturdays,
1-6 p.m., and one hour before each theater performance. The gallery can be accessed through the
Stoneham Theatre's lobby at 395 Main Street in Stoneham, MA.
The Stoneham Theatre is a professional nonprofit regional theater that presents eight shows a year.
For more information, visit www.stonehamtheatre.org (Map).
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