Tyler Mitchell, "Threads of Memory" (detail), 2023, dye-sublimation prints on textiles, wooden clothes pins, and rope, dimensions variable. Courtesy of the artist and Jack Shainman Gallery, New York. Commissioned by SCAD. © Tyler Mitchell

SCAD Museum of Art | Tyler Mitchell: Domestic Imaginaries, October 5, 2023 – December 31, 2023

“In his most ambitious exhibition to date, Tyler Mitchell displays photographs innovatively printed on textiles in an immersive, laundry line installation alongside new “altar” sculptures. Strung from a zig-zagging clothesline, Threads of Memory is Mitchell’s latest iteration of the iconic form, stretching nearly 300 feet along the unique gallery space and framing its historic 1850s Savannah Gray brick archways. The hanging textile prints depict pastoral scenes and Black bodies, drawing inspiration from Gordon Parks’ photography and the landscape of the southeastern U.S., where Mitchell was born and raised. Complementing this dramatic, enveloping experience, Mitchell’s sculptures reference historic domestic objects with subtle alterations and embedded photographs, evoking memory and belonging in ways that are deeply personal. The exhibition’s poetic nature articulates a sensitivity and attentiveness to the quieter moments of life and the potential for beauty and transformation in things that may otherwise seem ordinary. Combining installation, sculpture, and photography, the artist invites us to consider our own relationship to the image, our environments, and each other.”

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*Self-Portrait with pink shorts and balloons*, Paris 2017. © Juergen Teller

Grand Palais Éphémère | Juergen Teller: i need to live, December 16, 2023 – January 9, 2024

“Juergen Teller is internationally renowned for his candid portraits of celebrities, provocative fashion editorials and distinctive campaigns for various designers.

“Since gaining prominence as a photographer in London in the early 1990’s, Teller has also produced major bodies of personal works in which he explores himself, his family, his roots, and his identity.

“This spectacular show will present both personal and commissioned bodies of work, recognizable images, and new photographic series as well as videos and installations. It invites the visitor to discover the straight-forward, realist style Teller uses to respond to notable moments in his life and celebrates the value of human existence.

“Adapted for the impressive space of the Grand Palais Éphémère by the award-winning 6a architects, who had previously built the artist’s photography studio in London, the congenial design for i need to live provides a unique visual experience for the audience to explore the full breadth of this extraordinary artist’s work.”

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Christian Walker, from The Theater Project, 1983-4. Gelatin silver print. 11x14in.

Leslie Lohman Museum of Art | Christian Walker: The Profane and the Poignant, September 22, 2023 – January 7, 2024

“Christian Walker: The Profane and the Poignant is the first museum exhibition surveying the work of artist, critic, and curator Christian Walker (1953-2003). Active in Boston and Atlanta from the mid-1970s to the mid-1990s, Walker was a pathmaking Black, gay photographer who made compelling and experimental work about queer sexuality, race, and their intersections. In the mid-1980s, his artistic practice shifted from documentary photography and portraiture toward alternative photographic processes of multiple exposure, archival appropriation, and integration of paints and non-traditional materials. Walker’s artworks, criticism, and exhibition-making addressed myriad subjects, including queer public sex, interracial desire, HIV/AIDS, censorship, drug use, and Blackness and whiteness in public and private image cultures. By contextualizing Walker within his artistic and activist communities in Boston and Atlanta, this exhibition situates his photographs, critical writings, and curatorial projects as vital contributions to the histories of art and photography.”

Christian Walker: The Profane and the Poignant is curated by Jackson Davidow and Noam Parness. The exhibition will travel to Tufts University Art Galleries from January 25-April 21, 2024.

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