North Carolina Museum of Art presents The BIG Picture (March 18 - Sept 2)
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The BIG Picture
March 18-September 2, 2007
http://ncartmuseum.org/exhibitions/upcoming.shtml
The BIG Picture presents twenty-three large-scale photographs by a
diverse group of thirteen contemporary photographers who are expanding
the size and pushing the boundaries of their medium. The installation
highlights recent acquisitions from the permanent collection of the
North Carolina Museum of Art, along with loans from two exceptional
private collections of contemporary photography in North Carolina,
Allen G. Thomas Jr. of Wilson and Dr. Carlos Garcia-Velez of Raleigh.
The featured photographers--Gregory Crewdson, Anthony Goicolea, Todd
Hido, Chris Jordan, Rosemary Laing, Sze Tsung Leong, Vera Lutter,
Sarah Pickering, Paul Shambroom, Lorna Simpson, Kerry Skarbakka, elin
o'Hara slavick, and Massimo Vitali-- are experimenting with the
photographic medium in a variety of ways, including subject matter,
digital manipulation and printing, inventive uses of historical
techniques, and performance-based images.
The works on view include portraits, landscapes, cityscapes, and
fabricated worlds; with images that explore a wide range of themes,
including personal identity, fantastic narratives, environmental
issues and consequences, the changing landscape of major cities,
systems of power, the passage of time, and pictures of contemporary
life.