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Yancey Richardson is pleased to present Alps – Geographies and People, the fifth solo exhibition at the gallery by Italian artist Olivo Barbieri, and the inaugural exhibition in the gallery’s new street-level space at 525 W. 22nd street. Having previously completed a series of aerial photographs in the Dolomites range in northern Italy, Barbieri has embarked on a project documenting the largest range in Europe, and the relationship that extreme climbers have to the terrain. As the artist describes:

“The subject of ‘Alps – Geographies and People’ is how the mountain is perceived from the …