GORDON PARKS – 100 YEARS

Posted on 2012-06-18

To commemorate the centennial of the birth of photographer, filmmaker, musician, and writer Gordon Parks, this show encompasses a large-scale photo mural and slideshow of more than 50 photographs he captured throughout his long, illustrious career.
Three video screens will display his stunning images, which explore such issues as urban and rural poverty, racism and prejudice, politics, and the historic Civil Rights Movement.
“As we celebrate Gordon Parks’ life we also celebrate his legacy as a humanitarian with a deep commitment to social justice,” said Dr. Maurice Berger, Guest Curator. “The body of work he left behind documents many of the most important aspects of American culture from the early 1940s up until his death in 2006.”

Opposite – Emerging Man, Harlem, 1952

Exhibition runs through till January 6th, 2013

International Center of Photography
1133 Avenue of the Americas at 43rd Street
New York
NY
10036

www.icp.org

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BRUNO CALS – HORIZONS

Posted on 2012-06-18

In the words of the curator, Boris Kossoy: “In his Horizons work, Bruno Cals presents a reflection on space and time: landscapes from other worlds and possibly extinct (or still unborn?) civilizations, not necessarily human. How do our minds react to the unknown? To empty landscapes, without historical clues?

Cals shows us mostly places that are apparently abandoned; places without any trace of humans or other forms of life; a few exceptions, however, surprise us for containing possible high-tech landscapes that could imply the presence of advanced worlds: space stations, artificial cities? In these images we search for the air, we hear the silence. We reflect on infinite distances and immemorial times. This is the journey of a photographer who finds, in the appearance of things, only the starting point.

Opposite – Untitled 14, 2010

Exhibition runs through till September 28th, 2012

1500 Gallery
511 West 25th Street #607
New York
NY
10001

www.1500gallery.com

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