After Industry
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DateSep. 23–Nov. 27, 2016
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VenueWeston Art Gallery
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LocationWest and East Galleries
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SEASON SPONSOR(S):
Dee and Tom Stegman
EXHIBITION SPONSOR(S):
FotoFocus
Exhibition Details
CINCINNATI, Ohio—On Friday, September 23, from 6 to 8 p.m., the Cincinnati Arts Association’s Alice F. and Harris K. Weston Art Gallery in the Aronoff Center for the Arts will kick off its 2016-17 exhibition season with two new photography exhibitions organized and presented by FotoFocus and curated by Artistic Director Kevin Moore. Three Works is an evocative selection of photographic manipulations by Marlo Pascual that combines photography and everyday objects. After Industry is an impressive selection of American and German photographers who examine post-industrial landscapes. (See separate press release for the concurrent exhibition by Marlo Pascual.)
After Industry features twentieth-century photographs by American and German artists drawn from the collection of New York collector and Ohio native Gregory Gooding. Works explore industry and its impact on landscape, particularly during the post-industrial era, beginning in the 1970s. Historical precedents include works by Bill Brandt, Walker Evans, and Albert Renger-Patzsch. A play on the term "after nature," an outdated term for "still life," After Industry emphasizes nature as an irrepressible constant in relation to industry, and the industrial age as only a brief episode within the longer course of history. Featured artists include Robert Adams, Lewis Baltz, Bernd and Hilla Becher, Bill Brandt, Frank Breuer, Lynne Cohen, John Divola, Walker Evans, Frank Gohlke, Albert Renger-Patzsch, Mark Ruwedel, Ursula Schulz-Dornburg, and Henry Wessel, Jr.
After Industry - didactic panel with Robert Adams (On Signal Hill, Overlooking Long Beach, California), 1983
After Industry - installation view with (l-r) Albert Renger-Patzsch, Bill Brandt, and Bernd and Hilla Becher
After Industry - installation view of Bernd and Hilla Becher, works dating from 1968-82, all gelatin silver prints
A.I. - installation view of Bernd and Hilla Becher, Pittsburgh, 1968, (2) gelatin silver prints, 11.75x15.75 in. ea.
After Industry - installation view (l-r) of Walker Evans, Albert Renger-Patzsch and Bill Brandt, all gelatin silver prints
After Industry - installation view of Albert Renger-Patzsch, works dating from 1925-55, all gelatin silver prints
After Industry - installation view of Walker Evans, works dating from 1930-36, all gelatin silver prints
After Industry - installation view of John Divola (Vandalism series), all 1974, all gelatin silver prints, 7x7 in. each
A.I. - installation view of Mark Ruwedel (Dusk series), works dating from 2007-10, gelatin silver prints, 11 x 14 in. ea.
A.I. - installation view of (l-r) Frank Breuer, Untitled, 2000, and Henry Wessel, Jr., Forty Real Estate Photographs, 1990-91
A.I. - installation view of Henry Wessel, Jr.'s Forty Real Estate Photographs, 1990-91, C-prints, 6x9 inches each
After Industry - installation view of Frank Breuer, Untitled, 2000, (2) C-prints, 18.5 x 39.58 in. each
Frank Gohlke - Landscape with Irrigation Canal, Albuquerque, N.M., 1974, gelatin silver print, 13.75 x 13.78 inches
After Industry - installation view (l-r) of Lewis Baltz and Ursula Schulz-Dornburg, all gelatin silver prints
After Industry - installation view of (l-r) Frank Gohlke, Lynne Cohen, and Lewis Baltz, all gelatin silver prints
After Industry - installation view of Frank Gohlke (grain elevators), 1973, gelatin silver prints, 14 x 11 in. each
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