Committed to the Image: Contemporary Black Photographers.BROOKLYN MUSEUM OF ART Brooklyn Museum of Art, museum in the borough of Brooklyn, N.Y. Its predecessors were the Brooklyn Apprentices' Library (1823), the Brooklyn Institute (1843), and the Brooklyn Institute of Arts and Sciences (1890). Opened in 1897, the museum is located in a Beaux-Arts building designed by McKim, Mead, and White that has been substantially added to over the ensuing years, including a sweeping glass-roofed entrance pavilion (2004). Organized by a team of four led by BMA curator of photography Barbara Head Millstein, this selection of more than ninety photographers (from established figures like Carrie Mae Weems and Gordon Parks to newcomers Fern Logan and Accra Accra (əkrä`, ăk`rə), city (1984 pop. 867,459), capital of Ghana, a port on the Gulf of Guinea. It is Ghana's largest city and its administrative, communications, and economic center. The chief manufactures are processed food, beverages, timber and plywood, textiles, clothing, chemicals, and printed materials. Shepp), represented by two works apiece, should nicely map the terrain. Restricted to currently practicing photographers, "Committed to the Image" nonetheless promises a historical scope. To be included: iconic ICONIC - International Conference on Electromagnetic Near-Field Characterization and Imaging civil rights images and portraits of cultural figures, as well as recent work addressing the political and social struggles of today and the emergence of the black middle class. Two years in the making, this ambitious show should prove worth the wait. Feb. 16-Apr 29. |
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