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November 2: Robert Mann discusses Aaron Siskind
Maginnes Hall 9 W. Packer Ave., BethlehemJoin us as Robert Mann, director of the Robert Mann Gallery, NYC, discusses the photography of Aaron Siskind. Light refreshments provided. Founded in 1985, Robert Mann Gallery is one of the preeminent photography galleries in the world. Through a diverse roster that highlights both a prominent group of contemporary artists and an outstanding collection of twentieth-century masters, its program interrogates the role of photographic medium—to capture or invent, purify or distort, and to take on new identities—while celebrating its unique history.
Aaron Siskind
DUBOIS GALLERY, Maginnes Hall 9 West Packer Avenue, BethlehemAaron Siskind (1903-1991) revolutionized photography and influenced successive generations of artists in all mediums. “When I make a photograph,” he wrote, “I want it to be an altogether new object.” Originally a documentary photographer, Siskind turned his probing eye toward the ordinary and overlooked: torn posters, graffiti, seaweed strewn on the beach. He collapsed the… Read More Aaron Siskind