exhibition listings

The Black List Project: Timothy Greenfield-Sanders and Elvis Mitchell, Exhibition of Photographs of Prominent African Americans along with Filmed Interviews

On View at Brooklyn Museum
November 21, 2008 through March 29, 2009

Media Preview Thursday, November 20, 2008, 10 a.m. to Noon

Serena Williams, Chris Rock, Colin Powell, Toni Morrison, Russell Simmons, Al Sharpton, Kareem-Abdul Jabbar, and Sean Combs are among the many African Americans whose faces are seen and voices heard in The Black List Project: Timothy Greenfield-Sanders and Elvis Mitchell, a highly personal documentary that explores being Black in America. Twenty-five portraits by internationally renowned photographer Timothy Greenfield-Sanders, along with excerpts from a series of filmed interviews directed by Greenfield-Sanders and conducted by noted film critic Elvis Mitchell, will be presented in an exhibition at the Brooklyn Museum November 21, 2008 through March 29, 2009 .

The images, photographic and filmed, are the core of a collaboration between Greenfield-Sanders and Mitchell that has resulted in Blacklist: Volume 1, an HBO documentary that premiered at the Sundance Film Festival in 2008 and will debut nationally exclusively on HBO on August 25, 2008 (9-10:30 p.m. ET/PT); a multi-city Museum exhibition organized by the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, where it is on view August 3-October 26, 2008; and an accompanying book published by the Atria Books division of Simon & Schuster. The Brooklyn presentation is coordinated by Judy Kim, Curator of Exhibitions.

The exhibition and the national tour are sponsored by Credit Suisse.

In addition to the twenty-five large scale portraits, including a stellar list of subjects from the worlds of politics, the arts, sports, religion, and business, there will be three flat screen monitors that will play selections from the HBO film on a continuous loop in the galleries. The entire film will be presented at various times, to be announced, throughout the run of the exhibition.

The project title derives its name from the 1950s Communist hunt led by the late Senator Joseph McCarthy, and plays on various connotations of the word black, through the experiences of the twenty-five subjects. Toni Morrison discusses her early interest in literature; Kareem Abdul-Jabbar recalls an encounter with Miles Davis; Lou Gossett, Jr. describes his difficulties in finding good film roles even after he was awarded an Oscar; Studio Museum of Harlem director Thelma Golden reflects on being mistaken as her own assistant; and Chris Rock satirizes Hollywood’s idea of being African American.

“Through these incomparable portraits by one of today’s most extraordinarily gifted photographers and the sensitive and probing interviews by one of America’s most important film critics, an intimate and unique view of what it is like to be Black in America today emerges. Their diverse voices reveal issues of society, family, and personal identity. We are proud to present this exceptional exhibition,” comments Museum Director Arnold L. Lehman.

“The Black List Project offers a unique, candid, and insightful window onto the personal stories of some of the leading figures of our time,” commented Peter C. Marzio, director of the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston. “As lead organizer of the museum exhibition, the MFAH was committed to not only presenting the full scope of the project to Houston audiences, but to ensuring that the project would travel nationally. We’re enormously pleased that the Brooklyn Museum will be the first of several planned stops around the U.S.”

Timothy Greenfield-Sanders’ photographs are in the permanent collections of major museums, among them the Metropolitan Museum of Art, the Museum of Modern Art, the Whitney Museum of American Art, the National Portrait Gallery, the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, and the Brooklyn Museum. A contributing photographer to Vanity Fair, Greenfield-Sanders is also the producer and director of the Grammy award-winning 1997 film Lou Reed: Rock and Roll Heart. Elvis Mitchell has hosted The Treatment since 1996, a nationally syndicated radio program produced at National Public Radio affiliate KCRW in Los Angeles. He is also entertainment critic of NPR’s Weekend Edition. Previously he was film critic for The New York Times, The Fort Worth Star-Telegram, the Detroit Free Press, and LA Weekly.

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LUIGI GHIRRI
It’s beautiful here, isn’t it…

Luigi Ghirri, Capri, 1981, from Paesaggio italiano, in the 2008 Aperture monograph It’s beautiful here, isn’t it...

OPENING EXHIBITION

Saturday, 8 November, 10am to 5pm
Meet Paola Ghirri from 12pm to 1 pm

EXHIBITION ON VIEW
Saturday, 8 November 2008 until Thursday, 8 January 2009

This exhibition coincides with a companion show at Aperture Foundation, 547 West 27th Street
New York, NY, (212) 505-5555.

GALLERY HOURS
Monday-Saturday, 10am to 5pm
Closed Sundays

BLOOMSBURY GALLERY
6 West 48th Street, New York, NY 10036
t +1 212 719 1000 | f +1 212 719 1400
newyork@bloomsburyauctions.com

Tags: Aperture Foundation, Bloomsbury Gallery, Luiggi Ghirri

Taking a Different Tack: Maggie Sherwood and the Floating Foundation of Photography
Curated by Beth Wilson
January 24 - April 8, 2009
Samuel Dorsky Museum of Art
State University of New York at New Paltz
Opening reception: Friday, January 23, 5-8:00 p.m.
Information: 845-257-3844
Free and open to all

The exhibition features a comprehensive survey of work from the Floating Foundation’s permanent collection. Featured photographers include W. Eugene Smith, Lisette Model, James VanDerZee, Eugène Atget, founder Maggie Sherwood and others; as well as photographs taken by prisoners at Sing Sing, Bedford Hills and Greenhaven correctional facilities, and patients at mental institutions (part of the Foundation’s alternative education program).

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OPENING SATURDAY NOVEMBER 8

CONVERGING MARGINS
curated by Leah Oates | Station Independent Projects.
artists: Juliana Beasley, Paul D’Amato, Rachael Dunville, Lucas Foglia, Richard Gary, Lauren Greenfield, Miles Ladin, Deana Lawson, StacyRenee Morrison, Stephen Schuster, & Ed Tempelton.

Panel Discussion with curator Leah Oates and artists from Converging Margins, Saturday November 8, 7pm

ANGLE OF REPOSE

a solo exhibition of work by SPE member and scholarship winner Toni Pepe

Opening Reception, Saturday November 8, 5-8pm

Artist talk w/Toni Pepe, Saturday November 8, 6pm

Both exhibitions are on view thru January 11, 2009. For more information, click here

CPW’s galleries are free and open to the public, Wednesday - Sunday, 12 - 5pm and by appointment.

*Please note CPW’s galleries will be closed on Thursday November 27 for the Thanksgiving Holiday.

Tags: Center for Photography at Woodstock (CPW), Toni Pepe