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Description:
Dawoud Bey's teenage subjects defy stereotypes of American youth during this complicated age. For Class Pictures, Bey photographed young people from all parts of the economic, racial, and ethnic spectrum in both public and private high schools in Detroit; Lawrence and Andover, Massachusetts; Orlando; San Francisco; and New York City. Bey spent two to three weeks in each school. The resulting portraits—forty-by-thirty-inch color prints—are arresting both compositionally and psychologically. Bey also asked his subjects to write a page about themselves, which he edited, and are displayed alongside the photographs. Many of the first-person statements are touching, funny, or harrowing, invariably deepening our appreciation for young adults facing the challenges of the twenty-first century.
This project was made possible, in part, with generous support from Agnes Gund and Daniel Shapiro. Additional support was provided by Sandra and Jack Guthman, Scott and Willa Lang, Susan and Lewis Manilow, and Madeline Murphy Rabb.
Contents:
The exhibition consists of 40 color exhibition prints accompanied by first-person statements written by the subjects requiring approximately 200 feet of running wall space.
The exhibition consists of 40 color exhibition prints accompanied by first-person statements written by the subjects requiring approximately 200 feet of running wall space.
Book:
Class Pictures
Photographs by Dawoud Bey
Essays by Jock Reynolds and Taro Nettleton
Interview by Carrie Mae Weems
9 9/16 x 11 in. 156 pages
68 four-color images
Hardcover. $45.00
Class Pictures
Photographs by Dawoud Bey
Essays by Jock Reynolds and Taro Nettleton
Interview by Carrie Mae Weems
9 9/16 x 11 in. 156 pages
68 four-color images
Hardcover. $45.00
Participation Fee:
Please call for further information
Please call for further information
Availability:
The exhibition will begin touring in fall 2007 and is available through 2011.
The exhibition will begin touring in fall 2007 and is available through 2011.
| Current Venue List: |
| Addison Gallery of American Art http://www.andover.edu/addison/ Phillips Academy Andover, MA Tuesday, September 4, 2007–Sunday, December 30, 2007 |
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| Aperture Gallery New York, NY Thursday, January 10, 2008–Thursday, February 28, 2008 |
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| Contemporary Art Museum http://www.camh.org/ 5216 Montrose Blvd. Houston, TX Friday, March 14, 2008–Sunday, May 11, 2008 |
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| Weatherspoon Art Museum http://weatherspoon.uncg.edu/ University of North Carolina Spring Garden Street at Tate Street Greensboro, NC Sunday, June 15, 2008–Sunday, September 7, 2008 |
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| Indianapolis Museum of Art http://www.imamuseum.org/ 4000 Michigan Road Indianapolis, IN Friday, September 26, 2008–Sunday, November 23, 2008 |
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| Contemporary Museum http://www.contemporary.org 100 W Centre Street Balitmore, MD Saturday, December 13, 2008–Friday, February 20, 2009 |
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| Milwaukee Museum of Art http://www.mam.org/ 700 North Art Museum Drive Milwaukee, WI Thursday, April 16, 2009–Sunday, July 12, 2009 |
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| Kresge Art Museum Michigan State University http://artmuseum.msu.edu/ East Lansing, MI Thursday, October 1, 2009–Friday, December 18, 2009 |
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| Emory Visual Arts Gallery http://visualarts.emory.edu/spaces/index.html 700 Peavine Creek Drive Atlanta, GA Thursday, February 4, 2010–Thursday, March 4, 2010 |
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| Chrysler Museum of Art http://www.chrysler.org/ 245 West Olney Road Norfolk, VA Friday, March 26, 2010–Friday, August 6, 2010 |
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| Samuel P. Harn Museum of Art http://www.harn.ufl.edu/ SW 34th Street and Hull Road Gainesville, FL Tuesday, October 5, 2010–Sunday, January 2, 2011 |
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| Grand Rapids Art Museum http://www.artmuseumgr.org/ 101 Monroe Center Grand Rapids, MI Friday, January 21, 2011–Sunday, March 20, 2011 |
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