Tara Fallaux – I Write This Letter in Bed & Sarah Mei Herman – Solace. A duo presentation on Chinese youth and intimacy

February 18 – April 8, 2023

Festive Opening on Sat 18 Feb, 17–19 hrs

After attending the same artist residency, C.E.A.C in Xiamen, China, photographer Sarah Mei Herman and visual artist Tara Fallaux explore the concept of intimacy in a culture different from their own. The resulting projects are presented in an artistic dialogue at Galerie Caroline O’Breen.

Rather than highlighting contradictions between Western and Eastern culture, both artists seek out the universal. They find common ground in the meaning of love and intimacy among young people. They bear witness to the recognizable human experience of uncertainty and change as these young people make choices on the road to adulthood.

Tara Fallaux created a powerfully intimate film ‘I Write This Letter In Bed’ about Rocy, a lonely young woman in China, and how she reckons with her doubts and insecurities around the concepts of love and marriage. In her project Perfect Pearl, Fallaux places her subjects in the context of their natural habitat, Chinese urban life. The artist investigates how young Chinese women reconcile the intimate and contemporary dimensions of love with the engrained traditions. 

Tara Fallaux, Lova’s Moment, 2018-2022, from the project Perfect Pearl | Lightbox in aluminum black frame with led lights | 70 x 50 cm | Edition of 3 + 1 AP

Galerie Caroline O'Breen 

Hazenstraat 54   
1016 SR Amsterdam 
The Netherlands 

Opening hours: 
Wed-Fri 12-6 pm, Sat 1-6 pm
and private appointments