July
1, 2004
For Information Contact:
Rebekah Lamb
617/353-3329
www.bu.edu/ART
lambo@bu.edu
Vernacular
Reframed
An exploration of the everyday.
**A
two-day interdisciplinary academic conference
re-examining the definition of the vernacular in conjunction with
the exhibition:
In the Vernacular: Everyday Photographs from the Rodger Kingston
Collection.**
November
5th & 6th at Boston University
Hosted by the Boston University Art Gallery
Boston
— Vernacular Reframed, a three-day
interdisciplinary conference will elaborate on the major themes
explored in the exhibition In the Vernacular: Everyday Photographs
from the Rodger Kingston Collection being held concurrently
at the Boston University Art Gallery from November 5, 2004 –
January 23, 2005. Conference panelists will re-examine the definition
of vernacular photography as we bring together traditional interpretations
with more contemporary reappraisals of the medium. The conference
will explore the contexts of the social practice within which
photographs have been produced and consumed through the following
topics: approaches to the vernacular, a vernacular history of
photography, vernacular pictures and practices, and the vernacular
collector. Vernacular Reframed hopes to confront
the current crisis in the history of photography provoked by vernacular
images. In fact, one of the goals of the exhibition and corresponding
conference is to analyze and problematize the history of vernacular
images. This new area of study is bringing the world’s most
renowned scholars to Boston University to shape the debate on
the vernacular. Confirmed panelists include:
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Ross Barrett, Exhibition Co-Curator and Adelson
Fellow in American Art, Art History Department, Boston University.
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Geoffrey Batchen, Professor, PhD Program in
Art History, Graduate Center, City University of New York.
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A.D. Coleman, Photography Historian/Critic,
The Photography Criticism Cyber Archive.
- Merry
Foresta, Senior Curator of Photography, Department of
Photography, Smithsonian Institution.
- William
Hunt, Director of Photography, Ricco/Maresca Gallery,
New York, NY.
- John
Ibson, Professor of American Studies, American Studies
Department, California State University, Fullerton.
- Daile
Kaplan, Director of Photography, Department of Photography,
Swann Galleries, New York, NY.
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Rodger Kingston, Collector, Belmont, MA.
- Stacey
McCarroll, Director & Curator, Boston University
Art Gallery, Boston, MA.
- Jonathan
C. Smith, Assistant Professor, Department of American
Studies, Saint Louis University.
- Alan
Trachtenberg, Professor, American Studies Department,
Yale University.
- John
Michael Vlach, Professor of American Studies and Anthropology,
American Studies Department, George Washington University.
- Stephen
White, Collector, Studio City, CA.
For more information and registration,
please visit our website after August 15, 2004.
www.bu.edu/art
IMAGES AVAILABLE UPON REQUEST
Please call
the gallery or visit the BU Art Gallery website at www.bu.edu/ART
for events and programming information during the season. All exhibitions
and events are free to the public.
Information
Boston
University Art Gallery
855 Commonwealth Avenue
Boston, MA 02215
TEL (617) 353-3329
FAX (617) 353-4509 |
Gallery
Hours
Tuesday-Friday 10 am – 5 pm
Saturday & Sunday 1 – 5 pm
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The Boston University Art Gallery (BUAG) is a
non-profit art gallery geared toward an interdisciplinary interpretation
of art, and committed to a culturally inclusive viewpoint that
expands the boundaries of the museum. Exhibitions focus on international,
national and regional art developments chiefly in the 20th century;
seek to present the cultural and historical context of art, and
to acknowledge the artistic contributions of under-recognized
sectors of the population. BUAG is located at 855 Commonwealth
Avenue, inside the College of Fine Arts at Boston University (BU
West T stop on the B Green Line).
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