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The Altered Image

From October 01, 2020 to October 30, 2020
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The Altered Image
161 NE 40th Street
Miami, FL 33127
Dina Mitrani Gallery is delighted to present The Altered Image: Women Telling Stories by Combining Photography with Mixed Media, as part of the Miami Design District's Art in the District Cultural Program. This temporary exhibiton, featuring the work of more than 20 artists, is on view from October 1 to 30, 2020 and is open to the public Monday - Saturday, 11-7 and Sundays 12-5.

The Altered Image is an exhibition of women artists who use the photographic medium as a departure point to tell their stories. Each of the artists adds varying layers of meaning to the work by manipulating the image with paint, drawing, embroidery, collage, organic ingredients, and transfers to various found materials. The resulting works depict diverse symbolic alterations, which illustrate unique and textured visual narratives. The combination of image and other more tactile means of artistic expression truly allows for a layered narrative. In most cases the works are deeply personal representations of identity, memory, generational histories, traditions and our relationships to the natural or built environment. The works in this exhibition aesthetically and conceptually vary, but are threaded together by the essential use of the photographic process.

The artists included are: Maria Martinez-Cañas (Cuba/Miami), Delphine Dialo (Paris/Brooklyn), Marina Font (Argentina/Miami), Amy Friend (Canada), Marina Gonella (Argentina/Miami), Adriene Hughes (San Diego), Priya Kambli, (India/Minnesota), Heidi Kirkpatrick (Portland), Silvia Lizama (Cuba/Miami), Diane Meyer (Los Angeles), Tatiana Parcero (Mexico/Buenos Aires), Rachel Phillips (San Francisco), Olivia Racionzer (Italy/Wales), Astrid Reischwitz (Germany/Boston), Georgina Reskala (Mexico/San Francisco), Alexandra Rowley (New York), Sarah Michelle Rupert (Miami), Rebecca Sexton Larson (Tampa), Aline Smithson (Los Angeles), Krista Svalbonas (Latvia/Philadelphia), and Laura Villarreal (Mexico/Miami).

Special thanks to Craig Robins and Dacra, Claire Breukel, curator of Miami Design District Cultural Program, Fredric Snitzer Gallery, Art Media Gallery, Fountainhead Residency, Catherine Couturier Gallery (Houston), Arnika Dawkins Gallery (Atlanta), Gallery Kayafas (Boston), and Klompching Gallery (New York).
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And Other Illusions: Pao Houa Her
Baxter Street | New York, NY
From February 07, 2024 to March 20, 2024
Baxter St at the Camera Club of New York is pleased to announce And Other Illusions, an exhibition of works by Pao Houa Her, winner of the 2023 Aperture & Baxter St Next Step Award. This selection of photographic works explores themes of home and belonging within Hmong American diaspora, and presents a diverse set of works that will be exhibited together for the first time. The exhibition will be on view February 7-March 20, 2024 in the Gallery Space at 126 Baxter St. And Other Illusions is the result of the Next Step Award, a partnership between Aperture and Baxter St at the Camera Club of New York, in collaboration with the 7|G Foundation. A solo exhibition organized by Baxter St is accompanied by a monograph entitled My Grandfather Turned into a Tiger, produced by Aperture.
Gail Albert Halaban Neighbors in the Building
Jackson Fine Art | Atlanta, GA
From January 17, 2024 to March 22, 2024
Jackson Fine Art is pleased to open the new year in the expanded gallery space with exhibitions of work from Gail Albert Halaban and Mary Ellen Bartley, two photographers whose architechtural compositions and thoughtful geometry belie the intimate worlds contained within. Gail Albert Halaban’s Out My Window series, for which the artist collaborarates with neighboring participants in cities across the world, developed as a means for the artist to facilitate communication among the inhabitants of urban neighborhoods — including her own. Working with both the residents of the space from which she shoots and the neighbors “out the window,” the group together composes a scene that resembles the lived experience on both sides of the street. The series began in New York and has since been expanded to include Paris, Istanbul, Buenos Aires, and a number of cities in Italy. Out My Window has long straddled the distinction between fiction and fact in its exploration of the narratives that arise from multiple combined perspectives; with the new work in Neighbors in the Building, Halaban’s third solo exhibition with Jackson Fine Art, the artist deepens this storytelling impulse by exhibiting photographs accompanied by recorded stories that her subjects make up about their neighbors. In this way, Halaban embraces the universal impulse to project fantasies on our neighbors, celebrating the community-building potential of investigating these projections. Image: French Roofs, Greenwich Village, 2022 © Gail Albert Halaban
Diane Tuft: Entropy
Leila Heller Gallery | New York, NY
From January 17, 2024 to March 22, 2024
Leila Heller Gallery New York proudly presents the solo show of New York-based artist Diane Tuft, “Entropy” opening January 17th. Since 1998, mixed-media artist Diane Tuft has embarked on global journeys to capture the transformative impact of environmental forces on Earth’s landscape. Her photographs document both the expansive beauty of our planet and the dire situation that it continues to face if we do not provide a sustainable environment for its future. Tuft’s “Entropy” series captures the sublime and awe-inspiring beauty of nature as it is radically transformed under the unrelenting pressures of climate change. Focusing on water as her subject, Tuft contrasts global sea-level rise with water depletion in Utah’s Great Salt Lake. In her new book “Entropy”, Tuft says “throughout my years of documenting the effects of climate change on our Earth, I have come to appreciate the immense influence that water holds over its destiny. Water, in all its manifestations, offers an exquisite palette to paint my images. Each depiction illustrates the harmonious interplay of shapes and colors, birthing entirely novel compositions that transform with the shifting light. Each photograph intricately weaves its own tale of climate change. The word entropy aptly characterizes climate change’s effect on the molecular structure of water. As ice melts, molecules gain energy, spread farther apart, and lose its crystalline structure and arrive at the next state, liquid. As water further transforms into its gaseous state, this disarray magnifies. In fact, the second law of thermodynamics states that entropy always increases with time. Water is its own thermodynamic system, affecting all that it touches. Given the unpredictability of climate change, we are seeing the unpredictability of its effects on water unfold in real time. Water, whether in the form of ice, liquid, or gas, serves as a crucial barometer for measuring the impact of climate change on the planet. We see the effects everywhere as symptoms of the planet’s future: rising sea levels, increasing hurricanes, tornados, tsunamis, flooding, soil erosion, fires, droughts, and record- breaking heatwaves. Our world is undeniably in flux, and water lies at the heart of this transformation.”
Waiting to be Seen: Illuminating the Photographs of Ray Francis
Bruce Silverstein Gallery | New York, NY
From February 01, 2024 to March 22, 2024
Bruce Silverstein Gallery is pleased to announce Waiting to be Seen: Illuminating the Photographs of Ray Francis, the first-ever exhibition of works by James Ray Francis. A photographer and educator who served as an editor of The Black Photographer’s Annual, Francis, alongside Louis Draper, was responsible for the early formation of The Kamoinge Workshop. Featuring a selection of over thirty never-before-seen early vintage prints taken between 1950-90, this exhibition considers the role of the camera and photography in creating a new black visual culture during a period characterized by activism and the struggle for equality. Questioning the monolithic canon of Western Art History, Ray Francis situates himself as having a rightful place within this lineage of greats, highlighting the complex, multidimensional qualities of the black artistic experience, one not limited to Western perceptions of “black art.” Inspired by Johannes Vermeer, his work evokes the style of Dutch golden-age genre painting with a subtle interplay of light and shadow and balanced, careful compositions; Francis creates a sense of intimacy and narrative ambiguity in his photographs. Francis taught photography classes at Pratt Institute, Brooklyn, The Bedstuy Neighborhood Youth Corps, and was a Director of the Harlem School District, where he inspired a generation of young artists; his contributions to The Kamoinge Workshop and early interest in the reinterpretation of old masters can be seen as a precedent for the work of contemporary photographers like Yasumasa Morimura, Nina Katchadourian, and Carrie Mae Weems.
Wolfgang Tillmans: To look without fear
San Francisco Museum of Modern Art - SFMOMA | San Francisco, CA
From November 11, 2023 to March 23, 2024
Wolfgang Tillmans: To look without fear is the most comprehensive exhibition of the influential artist’s work to date, charting the development of his practice from the 1980s through the present, across every genre of photography imaginable. From early experiments with a photocopier to ecstatic nightlife images, intimate portraits, incisive documentation of social movements, and innovative cameraless abstractions, Tillmans’s broad subject matter reveals his steadfast commitment to engage unflinchingly with the world. Tillmans plays an integral role in designing and installing his exhibitions. This survey features both framed and unframed photographs arranged in constellations that extend from floor to ceiling, magazine pages taped to the wall, video work, and his Truth Study Center table installations. This approach embraces the concept of visual democracy, where, as Tillmans puts it, “If one thing matters, everything matters.” Image: Icestorm, 2001 © Wolfgang Tillmans
In the Vault: Ada Trillo
Bridgette Mayer Gallery | Philadelphia, PA
From January 30, 2024 to March 23, 2024
Bridgette Mayer Gallery’s Vault installation will feature new photographs by Philadelphia artist Ada Trillo. Trillo is a first-generation, Queer Mexican American artist who combines documentary and fine art elements in her photography. A native of the US-Mexican border raised in the Juarez-El Paso binational metroplex, her work is informed by a deep interest in national and metaphorical borders and modernization processes. She has focused on walls of inclusion and exclusion, such as forced prostitution, climate, and violence-related international migration, and US internal exclusions resulting from long-standing barriers of race and class. Trillo's goal is to bring attention to the impact of these borders on exploited and marginalized people and amplify their voices. Trillo's work is in Institutions and private collections, including, The Library of Congress, The Philadelphia Museum of Art, and The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston. Some of their awards include The Pew Center for Arts & Heritage Fellowship (2022), The Eddie Adams Workshop Canon Award (2022), The Female In Focus 2020, and The Leeway Foundation Transformation Award. Trillo's work has appeared in publications such as The Guardian, Vogue, Smithsonian Magazine, and Mother Jones, among other publications. She was also awarded The Me & Eve Grant with the Center of Photographic Arts in Santa Fe and received First Place in editorial with the Tokyo International Foto Awards. Trillo has exhibited nationally and internationally in New York City, Philadelphia, Luxembourg, England, Italy, Germany, and Japan. They hold degrees from the Istituto Marangoni in Milan and Drexel University in Philadelphia.
Deep Dive
PDNB | Dallas, TX
From February 17, 2024 to March 23, 2024
PDNB Gallery is taking a DEEP DIVE into their collection to produce a group exhibition opening in February 2024. The gallery holds hundreds of photographs in portfolio boxes, flat files and in framed storage. Many of these remarkable photographs do not see the light of day for years. This show gives the gallery a chance to reveal treasures from its collection of works by artists we currently represent and important photographs that have been acquired throughout the life of the gallery. There is no theme to this group exhibition. It simply is a great opportunity to highlight extraordinary works that have not found a spot in PDNB Gallery’s recent themed or solo exhibitions. The photographs date from early 20th Century to contemporary and range from classic black and white darkroom photographs to contemporary color archival pigment photographs. Treasures include a very large photograph (47 x 62 inch) of a watermelon by Australian artist, Robyn Stacey, The First Cut. This still life image of a bountiful watermelon revealing its rich, red flesh is symbolic of abundance, fertility and the celebration of life in art history. Alfred Steiglitz, renowned American photographer, gallerist and husband of Georgia O’Keeffe, is represented in this exhibition with an extraordinary photogravure from his important Camera Work magazine publication. This image, The Ferry Boat, was printed in the October 1911 issue. In 2008, PDNB Gallery profiled a group of Czech artists in the exhibition, Contemporary Czech Photography. One featured artist, Vojtêch V. Sláma, is included in this show. His alluring image of the smoking room was influenced by the great Czech modernist, Joseph Sudek. Another rediscovered treasure is by Jack Delano, former Farm Security Administration photographer that PDNB exhibited in the late 1990’s. This charming photograph of a girl holding an American Flag in a school room in Puerto Rico, is reflective of the island’s American Territory status when taken in 1940. Image: Jack Delano, Untitled (Little Girl with American Flag), 1940
Barry Salzman: How We See The World
Holden Luntz Gallery | Palm Beach, FL
From February 24, 2024 to March 23, 2024
Barry Salzman's exhibition, "How We See The World," powerfully confronts the ethical dilemmas of our history through visually striking landscapes marked by human tragedy. His photography underscores the idea that the earth silently absorbs experiences, offering sustenance for future life. Salzman's work urges us to remember history, embrace its lessons, and strive for a future of peace and harmony.
Landscapes of Transcendence: Part II - Scenes of Ethereality
Susan Eley Fine Art | Hudson, NY
From February 01, 2024 to March 24, 2024
Since time immemorial artists have depicted their environs through a myriad of lenses: a realistic approach, recording as objectively as possible what is perceived; to an imaginative approach, using a real scene as a catalyst for the artist’s intuitive expression of place. In Landscapes of Transcendence, SEFA explores the latter, more subjective interpretations of place in a two-part exhibition at our Hudson Gallery, showcasing a variety of styles and techniques. Part II, entitled Scenes of Ethereality, features photographs that evoke surrealism and fantasy. Experienced together, these renderings depict lush flora and fauna; hyperreal and otherworldly urban narratives; and impossible architecture, defying laws of gravity and physics. The artists featured in this exhibition are Heather Boose Weiss, Carolyn Monastra and Leah Oates. Everything is visually recognizable, yet these creators elevate their aesthetics to fulfill their fantasies. The three artists have worked with SFEA for many years, and this exhibition is the introduction of the photographic medium to our Hudson space.
David Goldblatt: No Ulterior Motive
Art Institute of Chicago | Chicago, IL
From December 02, 2024 to March 25, 2024
Known for his nuanced portrayals of life under and after apartheid, South African photographer David Goldblatt (1930–2018) devoted himself to documenting his country and its people. Born into a family of Lithuanian Jews who emigrated to South Africa, Goldblatt focused much of his work on Johannesburg, the city where he lived for most of his life. His relative freedom to move within a society bitterly divided by racial segregation influenced the critical perspective of his work. In a church facade, down a mineshaft, through the exchange of glances between a passing man and woman, Goldblatt recorded the uneven application and reception of South Africa’s political values and beliefs. The highly descriptive captions he wrote for his photographs—which grew increasingly detailed over time—express his incisive attention to the country’s land, people, and history. This exhibition spans the seven decades of Goldblatt’s career, demonstrating his commitment to showing the realities of daily life in his country without pretense. Showing early black-and-white work alongside color photographs made after the end of apartheid, this presentation highlights how Goldblatt’s perspective shifted over time, responding not only to South Africa’s political upheavals but also his drive towards self-examination that he achieved by revisiting past subjects. The show’s title, No Ulterior Motive, borrows language that Goldblatt used in a newspaper ad seeking subjects for his photographs, gesturing to the artist’s promise of a fully transparent and straightforward photographic encounter and his dedication to impartial observation. Converging 140 works drawn from the collections of the Art Institute and Yale University Art Gallery, the exhibition also places Goldblatt within a global and intergenerational network of photographers, with a simultaneous presentation of approximately 40 works by international contemporaries including Josef Koudelka and Shomei Tomatsu, as well as fellow South Africans including Lebohang Kganye, Santu Mofokeng, Ruth Seopedi Motau, and Zanele Muholi. Through work that responds to and often departs from Goldblatt’s practice, these photographers reflect the openness to critical dialogue that Goldblatt maintained throughout his life as a photographer and mentor. The ambitious project aims to be a fitting tribute to Goldblatt and the opening of a new chapter in studies of his work. The exhibition is co-organized by the Art Institute of Chicago and the Yale University Art Gallery, New Haven, in collaboration with Fundación MAPFRE, Madrid, and curated by the Art Institute’s Matthew Witkovsky, Richard and Ellen Sandor Chair and Curator, Photography and Media, and vice president for strategic art initiatives; Leslie Wilson, associate director, Academic Engagement and Research; and Yechen Zhao, assistant curator, Photography and Media, and Yale University Art Gallery’s Judy Ditner, Richard Benson Associate Curator of Photography and Digital Media. Image: In the office of the funeral parlour, Orlando West, Soweto, 1972 © The David Goldblatt Legacy Trust
The Impact of Images:  Mamie Till’s Courage from Tragedy
California Museum of Photography - UCR ARTS | Riverside, CA
From November 04, 2023 to March 30, 2024
The lynching of fourteen-year-old Emmett Till by white supremacists in 1955 was a shocking tragedy, made worse by the appalling miscarriage of justice in the trial that followed. Emmett’s mother, Mamie, courageously made the decision to forego the privacy of her devastating loss by insisting the world see what they had done to her son. She chose to have an open casket funeral and invited the Black press corps in order to provide visual evidence of this tragedy to the world. The collective awakening and the actions that followed contributed directly to the Civil Rights Movement. Driven by courage, the event inspired a generation to force change, and the images that record this tragedy sparked consciousness across society. The impact of these images shook the world and there was no turning back. This photography exhibition begins with family photos of Mamie and Emmett, but at the core are extraordinary images made by Black photojournalists. The powerful photographs by Ernest Withers, for example, capture acts of bravery and of prejudice at the trial. Photographs of the funeral are fundamental to the story and are included. The famed images Mamie Till wanted “to let the world see,” however, are readily found elsewhere should one wish to bear witness. The exhibition continues with images of many exhilarating moments of the Civil Rights movement that followed and concludes with a photograph taken last year by Deborah Watts, Emmett’s cousin, of President Biden signing the “Emmett Till Antilynching Act.” Although sixty-eight years have passed, the images, lessons, inspiration, and courage of this singular tragedy can and must continue to educate, provoke, and inform today’s generation. This is the “Impact of Images.” The materials that contributed to this exhibition come from The Withers Collection, the Medgar Evers family and the Emmett Till Legacy Foundation, among other sources. Co-curator Chris Flannery gathered these historic photographs originally as support for the production of the 2022 film Till. Orion Pictures has generously made them available for this exhibition, which will feature screenings of the film and other public programs.
Andrés Mario de Varona + Cristobal Ascencio
Pictura Gallery | Bloomington, IN
From February 02, 2024 to March 30, 2024
The upcoming exhibition at Pictura explores the complex relationship of a child to a deceased parent. The show features two different projects, Contact by Andrés Mario de Varona, and Las Flores mueren dos veces by Cristobal Ascencio. Both projects are built from the artist’s efforts to connect with the lost parent. Ascencio creates a haunting virtual garden, honoring his father’s vocation as a gardener. De Varona works with personal relics, family members, and the mysterious properties of light to reach back towards his mother.
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