ME: Portland

LEFT: Wayne Curtis & Louise Klaila, New Orleans, Louisiana, 2011, archival pigment print 9 1/2" x 9 1/2". RIGHT: Andrew Zarou, Brooklyn, New York, 2011, archival pigment print, 9 1/2" x 9 1/2", Courtesy of Carroll & Sons, Boston, MA/ Tanja Hollander.

WHERE: Portland Museum of Art

WHEN: February 4-June 17, 2012

TITLE: Tanja Alexia Hollander: Are You Really My Friend?

BRIEF ABOUT: Photographic portraits that examine friendships in the social media environment. This Maine photographer records the intimacy of friendship by stepping away from the computer and into the private homes of her more than 600 Facebook friends. Her first solo exhibition at PMA, is the fifth in a series of exhibitions called “Circa” that delves into a range of conditions of contemporary art in the state of Maine and beyond.

LEFT: Philippe Gagnon and Saul Cruz, Los Angeles, California, 2011, archival pigment print 9 1/2" x 9 1/2". RIGHT: Mary Bok with Surely & Honey the dogs, Camden, Maine, 2011, archival pigment print 9 1/2" x 9 1/2", Courtesy of Carroll & Sons, Boston, MA/Tanja Hollander.

MORE DETAILS: www.portlandmuseum.org or www.tanjaalexiahollander.com.