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Punim Licht: Faces of Light
Featuring new photographs by local artist Ran Shapira
September 13–October 21, 2010
Reception: Sunday, October 10, 2–4 pm
Punim Licht in Yiddish, or Faces of Light in English, brings together the light of the human face, with the inner light embedded in the self, captured as a photographic image. Over the period of six months, artist Ran Shapira met with approximately forty Jewish elders in the Twin Cities to produce video interviews and traditional large format film photographs. This exhibit guides the viewer through a journey, in a non-imaginary world, composed of faces that expose ethical and philosophical questions about the self, and its being in relation to the light projected from it. The exhibit includes traditional black and white prints on fiber paper, as well as, video captions.
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ARTIST RECEPTION: OCTOBER 10, 2–4 PM
PHOTOGRAPHY LECTURE SERIES
THURSDAY, OCTOBER 7, 7-9 PM
Jewish Lens: Jewish photographers throughout the 20th century - a general overview
Focus: Jewish photographers throughout the 20th century and their careers, art work and influence on the art world and photography at large. Photographers will include: Alfred Stieglitz, Man Ray, Aaron Siskind, Robert Capa, Richard Avedon, Andre Kertesz, Helen Levit, Annie Leibovitz, Cindy Sherman and more.
THURSDAY, OCTOBER 14, 7-9 PM
Poyln by Alter Kacyzne: Placing a Lens in the Shtetl
Focus: the work of Alter Kacyne, who in 1921, was commissioned by the New York Yiddish daily, the Forverts, to document images of Jewish life in the old country. For about a decade Kacyzne traveled and photographed in Poland, from Warsaw and Lublin, to the remote towns of Husiatyn and Ostrog.
THURSDAY, OCTOBER 21, 7-9 PM
Roman Vishniac: Re-living "A Vanished World"
Focus: the work of Roman Vishniac, the Russian born American photographer, biologist, and art history teacher who documented the life of the Jewish community in Eastern Europe, mostly in Germany and Poland, until 1938. Vishniac’s work, which includes stunning examples of photographic art, also stands as the latest pictorial evidence of the rich and flourishing life of Jewish people in Poland before the war.
$30 premium/community members/$39 program participants (fee includes all classes and materials)
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