This is the perfect time of year to slow down and indulge your senses. Whether you’re sticking close to home or traveling throughout New England, there are photography exhibits you won’t want to miss. We’ve gathered them here geographically, starting with the Boston region and the exciting Sally Mann show opening at the Peabody Essex Museum in Salem, MA on June 30th, 2018 (feature image). From Maine to Cape Cod, we have some sweet summer treats for you!
Emmet Floating at Camp, 1991 by Sally Mann from the upcoming Peabody Essex Museum exhibit and book “Sally Mann: A Thousand Crossings”
Peabody Essex Museum, Salem, MA – Sally Mann: A Thousand Crossings, the magnificent, career-spanning show that just left the National Gallery of Art in Washington, D.C., is set to open here this Saturday, June 30th, 2018 and run through September 23rd, 2018, accompanied by a slew of enriching programs and events. For all the details, go to: https://www.pem.org/exhibitions/sally-mann-a-thousand-crossings
SOWA – BOSTON’S ARTS DISTRICT
“Untitled (Tree-Building)” gelatin silver print by Jerry Uelsmann (courtesy of the artist and Gallery Kayafas, Boston).
Gallery Kayafas – From archival to digital capture, experimental to traditional methodology, established to emerging artists, Trees II group show is tantalizing! On view through July 28th, 2018, there will be a free, public Reception with the artists on First Friday, July 6th, 2018 from 5:30 – 8:00pm. To read my review, go to: https://whatwillyouremember.com/trees2-at-gallery-kayafas-boston/ For more information, go to: http://www.gallerykayafas.com/
“Sarafina & Sammy” from the series Wildwoods by KOLLABS (courtesy of the artists and Lanoue Gallery, Boston).
Lanoue Gallery – Wacky and charming pairings of wild animals with domesticated objects forest the photo-collages in the fantasy world Wildwoods, an exhibit created by the artistic pairing of Anke Schofield & Luis Garcia Nerey, known as KOLLABS. For more information, go to: https://www.lanouegallery.com/
“Son” from the series What I Know So Far by Jackie Heitchue (courtesy of the artist).
The Griffin Museum at SoWa – In her stunning solo exhibit What I Know So Far, Jackie Heitchue stages common human circumstance and drama with uncommon erudition and craftsmanship, constructing “fables of motherhood, love and the inevitability of loss.” On view through September 4th, 2018, there will be an Artist Reception on First Friday, July 6th, 2018 from 6:00 – 8:00pm. For more information, go to: https://griffinmuseum.org/exhibitions/
BOSTON PROPER
“Legendary, 2018” unique collage and mixed media by Stephen Sheffield (courtesy of the artist and Panopticon Gallery, Boston).
Panopticon Gallery – Stephen Sheffield’s delightfully campy collages, Claire Rosen’s exquisite exotic birds and Kerry Mansfield’s wide open escapism soar in Flight of Fancy, on view from June 29th – September 3rd, 2018 with an Opening Reception TOMORROW, June 29th, 2018 from 6:00 – 8:00pm. For more information, go to: https://www.panopticongallery.com/flight-of-fancy/
“Palo Verde, California, 1995” by Karen Halverson (courtesy of the artist and Robert Klein Gallery, Boston).
Robert Klein Gallery – The gallery offers selections from its exceptional roster in Earth, Wind and Water, featuring photographs by Jessica Backhaus, Julie Blackmon, Jeff Brouws, Jim Dow, Sissi Farassat, Franco Fontana, Karen Halverson, Bill Jacobson, Masao Yamamoto, and more – on view from June 9th – August 24th, 2018. For more information, go to: https://www.robertkleingallery.com/
“The Sacred Heart of an Innocent Boy” 2017 by Maggie Steber, courtesy of the artist and the Leica Gallery Boston.
Leica Gallery, Boston – Journey through the imagination of Maggie Steber and her alter-ego, Lily LaPalma through a Secret Garden at the Leica Gallery in Boston through July 8th. For our review, go to: https://whatwillyouremember.com/maggie-steber-the-secret-garden-of-lily-lapalma-at-leica-gallery-boston/. Starting July 12th, 2018, the gallery will exhibit Susan S. Bank’s Cuba: Piercing the Dark, featuring emotionally affecting B&W images from her long-term project on the island during the early 2000’s. On view from July 12th – September 9th, 2018, there will be an Artist Talk on Thursday, July 12th at 6:00pm, followed by an Opening Reception from 7:00 -9:00pm. For more information and to RSVP, go to: http://leicagalleryboston.com/exhibitions/
From the series Cuba: Piercing the Darkness by Susan S. Bank (courtesy of the artist and Leica Gallery, Boston).
“Abandoned” (Detail) from the series In The Shadows Of Life by Fran Forman (courtesy of the artist and Pucker Gallery, Boston).
Pucker Gallery – In her latest solo show, Fran Forman suspends time and sparks imagination with her darkly mysterious imagery, on view through July 22nd, 2018. For our review, go to: https://whatwillyouremember.com/fran-forman-visual-narration-at-pucker-gallery-boston/ For information, go to: https://www.puckergallery.com/
“Annie as Frida Kahlo” by Anne Berry (courtesy of the artist and Griffin Museum).
Griffin Museum at Lafayette City Center – In Quien? Que? Donde? (Who? What? Where? in Spanish), Griffin Museum Executive Director and Curator Paula Tognarelli has selected an array of portraits by seventy photographers that run the gamut from amusing to alarming. On view since June 10th, 2018, an Artist Reception will be announced for sometime this fall. For more information, go to: https://griffinmuseum.org/exhibitions/
CAMBRIDGE, MASSACHUSETTS
“Kim” from the series Maps by Lauren Shaw (courtesy of the artist).
Photographic Resource Center – The 22nd Annual PRC Juried Exhibition, EXPOSURE 2018, features a portfolio of works by eleven emerging national photographers selected by juror Christopher Rauschenberg: Francis Crisafio, Casey Davis, Karen Davis, Nicholas Gaffney, Matthew Kamholtz, Tira Khan, Lee Kilpatrick, Julie Mihaly, Rebecca Moseman, Lauren Shaw, and Thomas Whitworth. On view at Lesley University from July 11th – August 18th, 2018, there will be an Opening Reception with the artists on Thursday, July 12th, 2018 from 5:30 – 8:00pm. for information, go to: https://prcboston.org/exposure2018/
John Schabel, Night Shot 6, 2001. Gelatin silver print. Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Schneider/Erdman Printer’s Proof Collection, partial gift, and partial purchase through the Margaret Fisher Fund, 2016.182. © John Schabel.
Harvard Art Museums – Get an unprecedented behind-the-scenes look at the dynamic collaboration between photographer and printer through the lens of the Harvard Art Museums’ Schneider/Erdman Printer’s Proof Collection (1981-2001) Analog Culture, featuring around 90 printer’s proofs by artists like Richard Avedon, James Casebere, and Nan Goldin, as well as related archival material and artist’s tools. The exhibition highlights the collection’s teaching potential by looking closely at the techniques and methods of darkroom photography and will be on view through August 12th, 2018. For information, go to: https://www.harvardartmuseums.org/visit/exhibitions/5630/analog-culture-printers-proofs-from-the-schneidererdman-photography-lab-19812001
Photographs by Gyorgy Kepes from the exhibit The MIT Years: 1946-1985 at the MIT Museum, Cambridge.
The MIT Museum – Don’t you miss it. In the second of two retrospective shows devoted to the groundbreaking photographic innovations of Gyorgy Kepes (1906-2001), The MIT Years: 1946-1985 will be on view only through July 12th, 2018. For a fascinating introduction to Kepes’ legacy, see my review of the first show: https://whatwillyouremember.com/gyorgy-kepes-retrospective-photography-shows-at-mit-museum-cambridge-robert-klein-gallery-boston/ For information about this show, go to: https://mitmuseum.mit.edu/exhibition/kepes-photo
THE BURBS
From the series Smoke Bombs and Border Crossings by Nancy Newberry, winner of the Richards Family Trust Award (courtesy of the artist and Griffin Museum of Photography).
Griffin Museum of Photography (Winchester, MA) – A summer highlight, the 24th Annual Juried Members’ Exhibit opens on Thursday, July 19th, 2018, starting with a Gallery Talk by Juror Richard McCabe, Curator of Photography at the Ogden Museum of Southern Art in New Orleans at 6:00pm, followed by an Opening Reception with many of the exhibiting artists from 7:00 – 8:30pm. On view through September 2nd, 2018. For information, go to: https://griffinmuseum.org/show/24th-annual-juried-members-exhibition/
Arno Rafael Minkkinen, Self-Portrait, Castello Tancredi Gate, Bibbiano, Tuscany, Italy, 2000; printed 2005, silver gelatin print, 3/25, 24 x 20 inches, Gift of Arno Rafael and Sandra Hughes Minkkinen and the Robert Klein Gallery, Courtesy Edwynn Houk Gallery, New York.
deCordova Museum (Lincoln, MA) – Lived Space: Humans and Architecture is a group show exploring psychological and physical attachments to the places we build and inhabit. Drawn from deCordova’s permanent collection, the exhibition includes work by Kahn & Selesnick, Sarah Malakoff, Arno Rafael Minkkinen, Abelardo Morell, and Elaine Spatz-Rabinowitz, among others. On view through September 30th, 2018. For information, go to: https://decordova.org/art/exhibition/lived-space-humans-and-architecture
Bill Owens, I don’t feel that Richie playing with guns will have a negative effect… from Suburbia, 1972, gelatin silver print, 10 x 8 in., gift of Katherine D. and Stephen C. Sherrill (PA 1971, and P 2005, 2007, 2010), 2006.77.108
Addison Gallery of American Art (Andover, MA) – There are captivating photographs in three separate and very timely exhibits: Gun Country, detailing the American obsession with guns, Photographers Among Us, a selection of 20th-century documentary works with decided civic consciousness, and Convergence, an exhibit featuring four internationally born artists whose work has been shaped by their heritage and migration to the United States. All three shows are on view through July 31st, 2018. For information, go to: https://addison.andover.edu/Exhibitions/Pages/default.aspx
From the series “WatchingMe” by Sheri Lynn Behr, courtesy of the artist and the Griffin Museum of Photography
Griffin Museum of Photography (Winchester, MA) – Is someone watching you? Are you being photographed? Sheri Lynn Behr raises these questions in a compelling installation of a multi-pronged project exploring the current state of surveillance that is both alarming and humorous, on view through July 15th, 2018. For our review, go to: https://whatwillyouremember.com/sherie-lynn-behr-beseeingyou-at-griffin-museum-of-photography/ For information, go to: https://griffinmuseum.org/show/beseeingyou/
TO THE NORTH & SOUTH
From the series The Appearance of Things © Jocelyn Lee (courtesy of Jocelyn Lee and Pace/MacGill Gallery).
Center for Maine Contemporary Art (Rockland, Maine) – Jocelyn Lee’s solo show The Appearance of Things “represents nearly 10 years of work by Lee, and encompasses still life, portrait, and landscape photographs, as well as many images that fuse these genres. This mingling is partly what the work is about: creating a shift in perspective where a body (portrait) becomes a landscape; a still life becomes a portrait; and a landscape becomes a body.” On view through October 14th, 2018, there will be a Public Reception on Friday, July 6th, 2018 from 5:00 – 8:00pm. For information, go to: http://cmcanow.org/event/jocelyn-lee-the-appearance-of-things/
Blind Man’s Buff, 1898 Platinum Print by Clarence H. White (Installation photograph by Suzanne Révy with apologies)
Portland Museum of Art (Portland, Maine) – Clarence H. White and his World, a satisfying show that is rich in visual delights and steeped in history, moves from the Davis Museum in Wellesley, MA to the Portland Museum of Art in Maine where it will be on view until September 16, 2018. For our review of this show, go to: https://whatwillyouremember.com/clarence-h-white-and-his-world-the-art-and-craft-of-photography-davis-museum-at-wellesley-college-ma/ For more information, go to: https://www.portlandmuseum.org/exhibitions/clarence-h-white-and-his-world
From the series Crow’s Field by Siri Kaur (courtesy of the artist and Vermont Center for Photography, Brattleboro).
Vermont Center for Photography (Brattleboro, VT) – Siri Kaur’s images in her solo show Crow’s Field recall both a physical and psychological refuge from childhood that “became a magical no-man‘s-land, transforming into a metaphorical space where the imaginary and the real collide.” On view from July 6th – July 29th, 2018, there will be an Opening Reception on Friday, July 6th, 2018 from 5:30 – 8:30pm. For information, go to: http://vcphoto.org/siri-kaur-crows-field/
“Christilla, Rabieh, Lebanon, 2010” by Rania Matar (courtesy of the artist and Robert Klein Gallery, Boston).
Newport Art Museum (Newport, R.I.) – Her images from the series A Girl and Her Room made photographer Rania Matar famous. Now you can see why, in a solo exhibit of this work that draws insightful and moving parallels between teens from vastly different corners of the world. On view through August 5th, 2018. for information, go to: http://www.newportartmuseum.org/Exhibitions/Now-on-View/Rania-Matar-A-Girl-and-Her-Room
TO THE EAST & WEST
“Race Point, Provincetown” by Jane Paradise (courtesy of the artist).
The Gallery Upstairs (Orleans, Cape Cod, MA) – On view through July 10th, 2018, The Cape’s Tip: Images of the Outer Cape features photographs by Dan Larkin and Jane Paradise, both residents and masters of the light that has attracted artists here for centuries. Opening on July 12th, 2018 with a Reception from 6:00 – 8:00pm is a solo show of images by master photojournalist David Burnett. For information, go to: http://www.artscapecod.org/venue/the-gallery-upstairs-bob-korn-imaging/
Photograph © David Burnett (courtesy of the artist).
EZRA STOLLER, SEAGRAMS INTERIOR, MIES VAN DER ROHE, 1958, GELATIN SILVER PRINT, GIFT OF JEANNE AND RICHARD S. PRESS, WESTON, MA, 2016.167. (Courtesy of Fitchburg ARt Museum, MA).
Fitchburg Art Museum (Fitchburg, MA) –Three separate exhibits spotlight photography this summer: Mirrors and Windows presents photographs from FAM’s Permanent Collection that feature windows and mirrors as compositional devices that inform and direct how we view the world; E Pluribus Unum, an artistic collaboration including photographs around the nation’s motto and; The 83rd Regional Exhibition of Art & Craft, juried this year by Francine Weiss (Senior Curator of the Newport Art Museum, Newport, R.I.) that also features many photographs. For information, go to: http://www.fitchburgartmuseum.org/exhibitions/
CHARLES MARVILLE,
RUE DES SEPT-VOIES, FROM RUE SAINT-HILAIRE
1865–69
Albumen print
11 5/16 x 10 1/2 in.
Lent by The Troob Family Foundation (courtesy of Clark Art Institute).
Clark Art Institute (Williamstown, MA) – Paris transformed into the “City of Light” through grand-scale architectural renovations, demolitions, and new construction set in motion during the Second Empire (1852–70). A City Transformed: Photographs of Paris 1850-1900 offers a rare view into these changes through the eyes of photographers of the day. On view from July 1st, 2018 – September 23rd, 2018. For information, go to: https://www.clarkart.edu/Exhibition/A-City-Transformed
From the series View Not From A Window, unique gelatin silver chemogram by Chuck Kelton (courtesy of the artist and Sohn Fine Art, Lenox, MA).
Sohn Fine Art Gallery (Lenox, MA) – Light + Dark features camera-less photographs by Chuck Kelton, whose gelatin silver chemograms evoke dark landscapes and Garry Fabian Miller, whose alchemy of oil, water, light and lambda c-prints (from dye destruction prints) creates vibrant color graphics. On view through September 2nd, 2018, there will be an Opening Reception on Saturday, July 7th, 2018 from 4:00 – 7:00pm. For information, go to: https://www.sohnfineart.com/exhibitions
Feature Image: Sally Mann, (American, born 1951) Deep South, Untitled (Stick), 1998 gelatin silver print, printed 1999 New Orleans Museum of Art, Collection of H. Russell Albright, M.D.
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