Art
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ROOMS WITH A VIEW Yuval Yairi’s collaged photographs of the Hospital for Hansen Disease in Jerusalem are on view in “Forevermore” at Andrea Meislin Gallery.The large vacant building, known locally as the Leper House after Hansen’s disease’s more common name, was built in 1887 by German Protestant missionaries. Using a tripod, Mr.Yairi sets his digital camera on “still” mode and moves the camera in a slow pattern meant to approximate a viewer’s gaze. The works on view in “Forevermore” incorporate hundreds, sometimes thousands, of images. He captures a dusty attic, three stone bathtubs, a crumbling courtyard, and the hospital’s dentist’s office. Mr. Yairi lives and works in Jerusalem. This is his first solo exhibit in North America. Through Thursday, June 30, Tuesday-Saturday, 10 a.m.-6 p.m., Andrea Meislin Gallery, 526 W. 26th St., between Tenth and Eleventh avenues, no. 214, 212-627-2552, free.
