0775, 2006, © James Welling
Photo courtesy of Regen Projects, Los Angeles

Phillip Johnson’s modernist architectural masterpiece Glass House lives on through the photographic work of James Welling in New Pictures 3: Glass House. With the effect of color filters in Welling’s digital camera, the light that constantly pours into the house gives the space a vibrantly ethereal glow. Hues of red, yellow, and sometimes the entire rainbow spectrum are used. What to the naked eye would appear to be reality is morphed and enhanced in New Pictures 3 into a realm of visual delight; a new perspective on an architectural site.

New Pictures 3: Glass House
On view: August 19 2010 – March 7, 2011

Newman Lecture on Contemporary Photography with James Welling
Thursday, October 14th, 2010 6:00 – 7:00 pm, Pilsbury Auditorium

Minneapolis Institute of Arts
Harrison Photography Gallery (365)
2400 Third Avenue South
Minneapolis, MN 55404
(612) 870-3000

Cambridge England (Cocktails on carpet), 2005, © Martin Parr
Photo courtesy of the Minneapolis Institute of Arts

Group exhibition Embarassment of Riches explores the different applications of wealth in recent day and age around the world through photography and other media works. While the monetary status of some countries today flourishes steadily, many others remain in a state of flux – surging and quickly falling. Contemporary artists, including Jacqueline Hassink, Martin Parr, Cindy Sherman, and Sze Tsung Leong, give visual insight to a culture within a culture: an elite group scattered globally that can buy endlessly and not think twice, wine and dine with the utmost sophistication, and transform the appearance of themselves and the cities they live in. Abundant and sometimes excessive in prosperity at first, these lifestyles can be fleeting and their effects tumultuous. Embarrassment of Riches is a commentary on society and its rich inhabitants from the past decade.

Embarrassment of Riches: Picturing Global Wealth, 2000-2010
On view Thursday, September 16, 2010 – Sunday, January 2, 2011

Minneapolis Institute of Arts
Harrison Photography Gallery (365)
2400 Third Avenue South
Minneapolis, MN 55404
(612) 870-3000