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Screened and Selected II: Contemporary Photography and Video Acquisitions 2006鈥�2011
On Thursday, September 12, the Middlebury College Museum of Art will open the exhibition Screened and Selected II: Contemporary Photography and Video Acquisitions 2006鈥�2011. The 26 works included in the exhibition were all chosen for the Museum collection by Middlebury College students who participated in a winter-term course in Contemporary Photography. Among the photographers represented are Bernd and Hilla Becher, Chuck Close, Robert Mapplethorpe, Shirin Neshat, Cindy Sherman, the Starn brothers, Hiroshi Sugimoto, and James Welling. Video works by Fischli and Weiss, Tracey Moffatt, and Jacco Olivier are also included.
The installation is the second in a series devoted to the acquisition project initiated in 1999 by Middlebury alumna and New York gallerist Marianne Boesky 鈥�89. Believing that students could learn valuable lessons about art and artists鈥攁nd also gain useful practical experience鈥攂y participating actively in the art market, Boesky proposed the project to Museum Director Richard Saunders. The two determined that photography and video art were areas that would afford the greatest opportunity for collecting contemporary art by affordable up-and-coming artists. The results of the project鈥檚 first five years were exhibited and published in 2005.
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On Thursday, September 12, the Middlebury College Museum of Art will open the exhibition Screened and Selected II: Contemporary Photography and Video Acquisitions 2006鈥�2011. The 26 works included in the exhibition were all chosen for the Museum collection by Middlebury College students who participated in a winter-term course in Contemporary Photography. Among the photographers represented are Bernd and Hilla Becher, Chuck Close, Robert Mapplethorpe, Shirin Neshat, Cindy Sherman, the Starn brothers, Hiroshi Sugimoto, and James Welling. Video works by Fischli and Weiss, Tracey Moffatt, and Jacco Olivier are also included.
The installation is the second in a series devoted to the acquisition project initiated in 1999 by Middlebury alumna and New York gallerist Marianne Boesky 鈥�89. Believing that students could learn valuable lessons about art and artists鈥攁nd also gain useful practical experience鈥攂y participating actively in the art market, Boesky proposed the project to Museum Director Richard Saunders. The two determined that photography and video art were areas that would afford the greatest opportunity for collecting contemporary art by affordable up-and-coming artists. The results of the project鈥檚 first five years were exhibited and published in 2005.
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