Press release

Melting the Stars was opened in Paris, in 1998, by HRH Duc D’Orleans, under the title The Brave People of Burma and has since been shown in Denmark and Israel.

A selection of over 60 remarkable photographs, both colour and black and white, Melting the Stars records people and life as lived in Burma. Travelling extensively in countries as remote as Afghanistan and Bhutan, Joey Bieber captures humanity in the everyday, within the subjects of her work, endowing her pictures with an almost tangible compassion and warmth. She is represented by Camera Press.

This exhibition will be of interest to those already familiar with Burma, but will particularly appeal to those who share a fascination at the variety of existence still to be found in the 21st Century.

Melting the Stars will be shown in two parts: the first from 12 July to 21 September 2001, with a short interlude from 22 September to 14 October, in which the content will be rotated, the second part from 15 October to 7 December, 2001.

The exhibition, accompanied by an extended catalogue including other works by Joey Bieber and a foreword by Maureen Lipman (who will be speaking at the Opening Party on 11 July), has been made possible through the generous support of Christies, Cazenoves, AON, and Margaret Bennett, Solicitors.

The Brunei Gallery is an exciting modern venue for exhibitions of Asian and African art and culture in the heart of London. It was built as a result of a generous benefaction from HM The Sultan of Brunei Darussalam, and was inaugurated by HRH The Princess Royal, as Chancellor of the University of London, on 22 November 1995.