Fall 2007 Hot Shot, Ian van Coller exhibits Interior Relations, a collection of sixteen portraits of South African domestic workers in their employees' home opening tonight at the Holter Museum of Art in Helena, Montana. Van Coller, raised during Apartheid in South Africa, explores the complexity of these workers' identity-formation while existing in a society where race, power, and social status are constantly being redefined. The opening is part of the museum's grand reopening party tonight from 6:30 - 8:30 p.m.

From the press release,

For the project, van Coller asked the subjects to wear their favorite clothing and accessories, rather than the plain housecoats and jumpsuits that typify their jobs as housecleaners and childcare workers and gardeners. He encouraged each to become active participants in making their portraits, to facilitate expression of their own aesthetics and identities within the contradictory context.

On Saturday, March 7, van Coller will also give an Artist Talk at 10:30 a.m. and then participate in the panel discussion, Creating Ourselves: On Race and Culture at 11:15 a.m.

Interior Relations
Holter Museum of Art
12 E. Lawrence, Helena, MT
Opening: February 27th, 6:30 - 8:30 p.m.