Art Out: SF Camerawork Annual Survery, An-My Lê, Deck the Walls
Nykelle DeVivo, mami wati from the series On Becoming, 2018, archival inkjet print on metallic photo paper, 36 x 32 inches, courtesy of the artist.
SF Camerawork
Minnesota Street Project | December 4, 2021 - January 4, 2022
SF Camerawork is pleased to announce that the jurors have selected 6 artists for FORECAST2021: SF Camerawork’s Annual Survey Exhibition. Each year SF Camerawork invites an esteemed jury of artists, curators and critics to curate its annual survey exhibition. This year, jurors Marcel Pardo Ariza, Adrian Burrell, and PJ Gubatina Policarpio selected the work of Katina Alexopulos, Trent Bozeman, Nykelle DeVivo (Juror’s Choice Award), Christian K. Lee, Jamie Robertson, and Ashley Ross from 270 entries from all over the world. The annual group exhibition and award program showcases the works of emerging artists with an eye toward current trends and concerns in contemporary photography.
This year, a selection of one work by each artist will be presented in a “popup” exhibit at Minnesota Street Project, 1275 Minnesota St, San Francisco, CA 94107, Gallery 211. An expanded version of the exhibition will be viewable on SF Camerawork’s website at SFCamerawork.org.
An-My Lê (American, b. Vietnam, 1960), Rescue, from the series Small Wars, 1999–2002. Gelatin silver print. 26 1/2 × 38 in. Courtesy the artist and Marian Goodman Gallery © An-My Lê
An-My Lê
Milwaukee Art Museum | December 3, 2021 - March 27, 2022
A new exhibition at the Milwaukee Art Museum will present the first comprehensive survey of the work of celebrated photographer An-My Lê (American, born Vietnam, 1960). Opening December 3, 2021, in the Museum’s Baker/Rowland Galleries, On Contested Terrain provides unprecedented insight into Lê’s career and her subtle, evocative images, which draw on landscape traditions to explore the complexity of war and conflict. Born in Saigon during the Vietnam War, Lê was vividly impacted by the sights, sounds, and smells of growing up in the middle of a warzone. As a teenager in 1975, she and her family were evacuated by the U.S. military. In 1995, Lê returned to her homeland for the first time in 20 years, bringing a large-format camera with her. Since that time, she has spent nearly three decades composing photographs to creates stories about the impact of the military on people, the landscape, and cultural memory, producing evocative black-and-white and color photographs that evoke and reshape historical landscape practices.
Max Yavno, Stocking, Olympic Boulevard (The Leg), 1949. Courtesy of Catherine Couturier Gallery.
Deck the Halls
Catherine Couturier Gallery | December 4, 2021 - January 8, 2022
Catherine Couturier Gallery is delighted to present its annual group exhibition, Deck the Walls. Deck the Walls is an exhibition of vintage and contemporary pieces that allows Catherine Couturier Gallery to showcase a variety of artists, prices, styles, and photographic mediums. Deck the Walls will feature works by Max Yavno, Horst P. Horst, and Robert Doisneau. Other exhibited artists will include Maggie Taylor, Kate Breakey, Kenny Braun, Susan Burnstine, Mabry Campbell, Henri Cartier-Bresson, Mitch Dobrowner, Weegee, Rachel Phillips, Brett Weston, and Jerry Uelsmann just to name a few. There will be something for everyone’s budget and taste.
