Word: exhibited
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...work of eight photographers is displayed in this exhibit, including such well- known names as Diane Arbus, Robert Frank, and Lee Friedlander. All met with Evans at a time important in the development of their work. Recognizing their talents and interests from the start, Evans worked with them in the role of teacher and coleague. With the exception of the younger artists, he selected them to be in the anthology Quality: Its Image in the Arts, published...
...while influenced by the same man, the photographers appear in any way related to one another. Arbus's portraits of human oddities bear little resemblance to Alston Purvis' color details of plain doorways and windows other than the similar oblong shape of their frames. As the catalogue to the exhibit states, "Each one saw a slightly different side to the man, and Evans was a master at revealing different qualities to different people." The key to the success of these two shows lies in their inescapably intertwined relationship. The juxtaposition of Evans' work with these eight contemporary photographers gives...
...This attitude unquestionably derives from previous Evans portraits. His people always show an awareness of the camera and of being photographed; the union of this cognizance and the deliberateness of his framing reveals the care with which he treats his subjects. Arbus' photographs, by the nature of her material, exhibit a kind of bizarre theatricality not found in Evans' portraits. She tends to tilt her camera frames backwards, thus eliminating the compositional integrity of Evans' photographs. Evans wrote in Quality: Its Image in the Arts, "Arbus' style is all her subject matter. Camera technique stops at simply automatic competence...
...years in Denmark creating tapestries and clothing that she calls "wearable art" before moving to Washington, D.C., four years ago. She has had twelve shows of her work, including the chasuble she made for then Dean Francis Bowes Sayer Jr. of Washington Cathedral; the garment is on exhibit this month at the Vatican. Maria, who is married to American Patrick Heininger, a lawyer for the World Bank, has a contract for a book on her design and collage techniques. Says she: "This is the fourth country in which I have made a home, and definitely the last." Ali Daghighfekr...
...Photo Exhibit: "John Lindquist, Photographer: 40 Years of Dance in America." Opens today, Widener Library. Monday-Thursday 9 a.m.-10 p.m., Friday and Saturday...