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The Yancey Richardson Gallery is pleased to present There is something I don’t know, the first full solo show at the gallery for Czech artist Jitka Hanzlová. In her most recent series, Hanzlová explores the style and manner of Renaissance portraiture through a contemporary photographic lens. Making her portraits in various European cities, including Milan, Madrid, and Essen, Germany, the artist’s adopted home since 1982, Hanzlová sought out individuals whose presence was evocative of the portraits from the Renaissance period. As the artist states, “I can’t make those Quattrocentro portraits. …