BE THEREProcessed: Considering Recent Photographic PracticesPresented by Hunter College Art Galleries September 24, 2009- December 12, 2009Reception: September 24, 6:00 pm - 8:00 pmMarkus Amm, Josh Brand, Marco Breuer, Tamar Halpern, Curtis Mitchell, Wolfgang Tillmans, Jennifer WestThe Hunter College Art Galleries presents an exhibition of new non-representational photography by artists Markus Amm, Josh Brand, Marco Breuer, Tamar Halpern, Curtis Mitchell, Wolfgang Tillmans, and Jennifer West PROCESSED: Considering Recent Photographic Practices September 24 – December 12, 2009 The Bertha and Karl Leubsdorf Art Gallery at Hunter College S.W. Corner of 68th Street and Lexington Avenue New York, N.Y. 10065 Gallery Hours: Tuesday – Saturday, 1 to 6 p.m., free admission Opening reception: Thursday, September 24, 6-8 pm NEW YORK, September 1, 2009 –– Hunter College presents Processed: Considering Recent Photographic Practices, curated by Hunter alumna and guest curator, Amie Scally, and featuring the work of artists Markus Amm, Josh Brand, Marco Breuer, Tamar Halpern, Curtis Mitchell, Wolfgang Tillmans and Jennifer West. This exhibition considers the recent proliferation of non-representational photography and film within the context of contemporary art—specifically artists who emphasize experimentation and process in their respective practice. In recent years, there has been an exponential increase in the number of artists who are investigating and engaging with analogue processes and digital parallels in the studio and darkroom. The exhibition Processed: Considering Recent Photographic Practices explores an aspect of non-representational image-making, offering a distinct voice in the larger conversation through a focus on a uniquely process-oriented approach that reveals the presence of the hand and painterly abstraction. As Katy Siegel, Professor of Art History at Hunter College, states, “For the past year or two, there has been a lot of interest in photographic abstraction. I think our constant daily involvement with digital imagery has sensitized us to the materiality and magic of older forms of picture-making, like analog photography. Other shows have been quickly put together to represent the phenomenon, but the gallery at Hunter allows a scholarly curator the time to assess not only what is happening, but why, and to write about the art as well as exhibit it.” Recommendations of Processed: Considering Recent Photographic Practices
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