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Biographical Landscape: The Photography of Stephen Shore, 1969–1979
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Description:
Biographical Landscape offers an opportunity to revisit the works of Stephen Shore, one of the most prominent and influential American photographers to emerge in the last half-century. Focusing on Uncommon Places—Shore's essential series on the American vernacular landscape produced between 1973 and 1982—Biographical Landscape provides an opportunity to reexamine this work in the context of his broader oeuvre, unearthing the conceptual underpinnings that inform his work throughout.
What makes this work transcend the ordinariness of the subject matter is Shore's unsurpassed artistry and technical skill as a photographer, coupled with his unique vision of each location that he documents. In the accompanying book Uncommon Places: The Complete Works, quintessentially American scenes are transformed into uncommon places that seem frozen in space and time. The viewer of a Shore photograph is seduced by the colors, the density of information, and the everyday familiarity of the locations. The exhibition uses the occasion of Aperture's expanded monograph to showcase this important body of work. Philip Gefter in the New York Times, (July 4, 2004) said, "while the work in Uncommon Places is firmly grounded in a serious documentary tradition, the pictures are as much about pure discovery."
Contents:
The exhibition consists of 164 works requiring approximately 346 feet of running wall space.
The exhibition consists of 164 works requiring approximately 346 feet of running wall space.
Book:
Uncommon Places: The Complete Works
Photographs by Stephen Shore
Essay by Stephan Schmidt-Wulffen and an interview by Lynne Tillmann
140 four-color photographs, 12 7/8 x 10 5/16 in. 188 pages
Hardcover. $50.00
Also available in German (Schirmer Mosel Verlag)
Uncommon Places: The Complete Works
Photographs by Stephen Shore
Essay by Stephan Schmidt-Wulffen and an interview by Lynne Tillmann
140 four-color photographs, 12 7/8 x 10 5/16 in. 188 pages
Hardcover. $50.00
Also available in German (Schirmer Mosel Verlag)
Participation Fee:
Please call for further information
Please call for further information
Availability:
The exhibition began touring in 2004 and is available through 2010.
The exhibition began touring in 2004 and is available through 2010.
| Current Venue List: |
| International Center for Photography http://www.icp.org/ 1133 Avenue of the Americas New York, NY Friday, May 11, 2007–Sunday, September 9, 2007 |
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| Amarillo Museum of Art http://www.amarilloart.org/ 2200 S Van Buren St Amarillo, TX Thursday, November 1, 2007–Sunday, January 6, 2008 |
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| Kemper Museum of Contemporary Art http://www.kemperart.org/ 4420 Warwick Blvd Kansas City, MO Friday, February 22, 2008–Sunday, May 18, 2008 |
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| Haggerty Museum of Art Marquette University http://www.mu.edu/haggerty/ 13th and Clybourn Streets Milwaukee, WI Thursday, July 24, 2008–Sunday, September 28, 2008 |
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| Museet for Fotokunst. Brandts Klaedefabrik. http://www.brandts.dk/ Brandts Passage 37 & 43 Odense, Denmark Wednesday, September 30, 2009–Sunday, December 13, 2009 |
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| Museo di Roma in Trastvere http://www2.comune.roma.it/museodiroma.trastevere/ Piazza S. Egidio 1/b Rome, Italy Thursday, February 11, 2010–Sunday, May 23, 2010 |
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| Forum Kultur und Wirtschaft Dusseldorf http://www.nrw-forum.de/ Ehrenhof 2 Düsseldorf, Germany Thursday, September 9, 2010–Sunday, January 16, 2011 |
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