“Fourth Biennial Art History Symposium
Feb 10, 2012 – Feb 11, 2012
Barthes’ “madness of photography” is both poetically and ontologically central to the medium, and is discernible from its very origins. This symposium will explore new perspectives on the many implications of madness in photography’s history, theory, and practice. The symposium will explore a wide range of topics: the historiography of the medium, including writings on photography and madness, death, time, or memory; photo-manias; new modes of dissemination; the place of photography in social networking; artists or movements interested in achieving or documenting states of madness; photography’s participation in the definition and construction of madness; the medium’s connections to scientific and pseudo-scientific fields; and photography and madness outside of the Western tradition.”
* Details about the current exhibition from Jeremy Chandler and Kristine Potter at Hagedorn Foundation Gallery can be found in The Atlantan and on HFG‘s site.
* Luceo Images (Atlanta is home to two of their photographers; David Walter Banks & Kendrick Brinson) is having an exhibition in NYC that consists of a “cut-piece” — a 163-foot long image that will be cut-up into purchasable segments over the course of the evening. Fun!
* Magnum photographer Eve Arnold has passed away at the age of 99.
Arnika Dawkins has opened a new photography gallery in Southwest Atlanta. Her first show, currently on view, opened during this year’s ACP Festival, and includes Builder Levy, Marlene Hawthrone Thomas, Allen Cooley, Titus Heagins, and highlights from the gallery’s collection, including Elliott Erwitt.
“Arnika Dawkins Gallery is devoted to presenting fine art from both emerging and established photographers, specializing in images by African Americans and of African Americans. The gallerist is passionate about connecting collectors to artwork that is significant, inspiring and provocative. As a fine art photographer and avid collector herself, she is a valuable resource to collectors and artists alike. The gallery’s objective is to provide an educational platform that supports this burgeoning community of talented artists.”
Over the last six weeks, students have been shooting with Vivitar digital cameras (thank you, Showcase!) and learning how to express themselves and communicate with photos. The photos below show the students collaborating on their photo essay during their last class. Feel free to view as a slideshow. Thanks again to Showcase, Young Audiences, and T. Lynne Pixley!
On January 5th, Jeremy Chandler and Kristine Potter’s “Camouflage” opens at Hagedorn Foundation Gallery. Jeremy was an attendee at this year’s ACP Portfolio Review where his work came to the attention of Lauren Hughes and Brenda Massie from Hagedorn.
We’re always pleased to hear stories about successes from the Portfolio Review – email us and share yours!
Maier’s photography is now available in Atlanta at Lumiere Gallery, coinciding with the November publication of Vivian Maier – Street Photographer, edited by John Maloof, and Howard Greenberg Gallery’s exhibition.
During this season of celebration, we’d like to celebrate YOU for being a friend of ACP! Hopefully you were able to experience some aspect of our month-long, city-wide, October photo festival. The festival featured the work of over 750 photographers showcased at over 150 photo-related events.
If you experienced any part of our festival this year or if you believe in our tireless efforts to make Atlanta a world-class cultural city, please make a tax-deductible year-end donation to ACP. We rely on support from culturally-minded individuals like you.
Some feedback we’ve received recently:
“It has been one of the most complete events of photography I have experienced, going from applied works to experimental photography. It has a democratic and social spirit. It was a real pleasure.”
“ACP keeps amazing me — new ideas, new experiences, new relationships. It also motivates me to do new work and to spur a dialog around it. I can’t imagine my art life without it…I am in awe, and I am honored to be a participant in this life-changing organization.”
“Thanks for this great event – please keep up the good work.”
The ACP Festival transforms Atlanta like no other art event. It is the only organization that nationally and internationally promotes Atlanta’s photographic artists (from amateur to professional) as well as promoting the venues that exhibit their work. We strive for Atlanta to be a city where the creative-class lives and thrives. Your support in ANY amount makes a HUGE difference.
“Quartet” is not a retrospective, but a survey of the High’s extensive Gibson holdings, acquired over the past 10 years with the support of the Kuniansky family. The conceit of the exhibition, curated by the High’s Brett Abbott, is to break Gibson’s oeuvre into suites of four images — wall groupings whose inner logic is sometimes that of a mini-sequence, sometimes a visual conjugation of an idea, sometimes a dialectic of like answers to unlike problems. The foursomes are often illuminating, especially by allowing us to understand the grammar of Gibson’s artistic commitments, the visual equivalencies that permute into core design forms.
SCREENING / The Forgotten Space
Tuesday, December 6, 7 pm
co-directed by Noel Burch and Allan Sekula
W Atlanta-Downtown, 45 Ivan Allen Boulevard, Atlanta
ARTIST’S TALK / Critical Realism in a Time of Lies
Wednesday, December 7, 7 pm
Georgia Tech, College of Architecture Auditorium
Institute of Liberal Arts (ILA) Colloquium
Thursday, December 8, 1-2 pm
Emory University, ILA Seminar Room, S423 Callaway Center
These events are free, wheelchair accessible, and open to the public.
For more info, including interviews, video, directions + maps, visit: artpapers.org
If you missed the ACP 2011 Film Series screening at The Goat Farm, here’s the winning submission from our open call for entries. Ruth’s video “21st and 20th” is 26 minutes long, and was “filmed in a single take inside a junkyard located on the historic WWII Wendover airfield in Utah – launch site of Enola Gay nuclear mission.”
“White’s sense of composition and search for the exactly right moment of balance has seemingly proven communicable to students. One of the other jurors (I was one of three) of this year’s “My Atlanta” exhibition noted the unusually perceptive quality of the photographs coming out of Paideia School, in particular how intelligently the elements of the landscape were juxtaposed via camera angle. At the time, none of us was aware that White was teaching there. However, recalling those photographs in the surroundings of “Cinematic Language” suggests a definite influence on the succeeding generation of photographers.”
As part of the “Conversations with Contemporary Artists“, Ralph Gibson will be speaking at the High Museum of Art on Thursday, Nov. 10th, at 6:30pm in the Rich Theater. Not to be missed! The conversation will precede the opening (on Nov. 12th) of Gibson’s show at the High, entitled “Quartet“.
Here’s a whirlwind wrap-up of photos from many events, exhibitions, and lectures in the past few weeks. Special thanks to John E. Ramspott, who photographed a ton of events this year for Burnaway.
Established in 1998, Atlanta Celebrates Photography supports Atlanta's emergence as an international center for photography. Through an annual October festival and year-round programs, ACP seeks to nurture and support photographers, educate and engage audiences, promote diverse photography venues, and enrich Atlanta's cultural scene. Through these efforts, we facilitate Atlanta's emergence as a world-class cultural city.
