Mexican photographer Pedro Meyer (b. 1935), is a pioneer of the digital revolution in contemporary photography, one of the first photographers to manipulate his images digitally. Because of its mechanical nature, photography has often been misconstrued an unbiased reproduction of a single moment, a snapshot of the exact truth – something that Meyer disputes … … Read More Pedro Meyer: Truth from Fiction
Nelson Mandela emerges from the shadows after twenty-seven years in captivity; the Berlin Wall crumbles; Kurdish refugees flee from Iraq to southern Turkey – these are the scenes of the human condition. If it happened in the last thirty years, photojournalist Peter Turnley was there, camera in hand… … Read More Peter Turnley: The Compassionate Lens
Photography has been a lifelong passion for LUAG Director and Chief Curator Ricardo Viera. When Viera first came to Lehigh University in 1974, his priority was to establish professional standards for the art works he found. To his dismay, he discovered—among the many paintings, prints, and coins which made up the fine art collection—there was only one photograph. With this discovery his first IDEA was born: to build a teaching collection centered around works-on-paper, including photography.… Read More Photographs Are Ideas
Join us for a gallery conversation about the NAEMI exhibition: Visionaries of the Light with LUAG Director/ Chief Curator, Ricardo Viera. The exhibition is located at the Gallery at Rauch Business Center. A reception will follow. All LUAG events are free and open to the public.… Read More September 28: Gallery Conversation with Ricardo Viera, 6PM
Join 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.… Read More November 2: Robert Mann discusses Aaron Siskind
OCTOBER 20: Gallery conversation with María Martínez-Cañas, 6 pm. Main Gallery, Zoellner Arts Center.… Read More October 20: Gallery conversation with María Martínez-Cañas, 6PM.
Aaron 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.” … Read More Aaron Siskind
Organized by NAEMI (National Art Exhibitions of the Mentally Ill). Curated by Ricardo Viera. The term “outsider art” was coined by the English critic Roger Cardinal in 1972, taking as… Read More Visionaries of the Light
Special thanks to Tony Ulloa, Casa Serena Collection, for the loan of works to this exhibition. María Martínez-Cañas is a photographer who works beyond the limits of the camera. Conceptually… Read More María Martínez-Cañas
LUAG is pleased to partner with the Lehigh University Department of Art/Architecture/Design and ArtsQuest to present a screening of director Laura Israel’s documentary Don’t Blink-Robert Frank. This screening is in… Read More November 1: Don’t Blink-Robert Frank Film Screening