William Christenberry / foreword by Elizabeth Broun ; essays by Walter Hopps, Andy Grundberg, and Howard N. Fox.

Title & Author:

William Christenberry / foreword by Elizabeth Broun ; essays by Walter Hopps, Andy Grundberg, and Howard N. Fox.

Edition:

1st ed.

Publication:

Description:

203 pages : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 27 x 33 cm

Notes:
"Accompanies the exhibitions Passing time: the art of William Christenberry, Smithsonian American Art Museum, July 4, 2006-July4, 2007; and William Christenberry: photographs, 1961-2005, Aperture Gallery, July6-August 17, 2006"--Colophon.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
The bricoleur / Walter Hopps -- Plates -- Orders of memory: photography in the art of William Christenberry / Andy Grundberg -- An elegiac vision / Howard N. Fox -- List of plates.

Summary:

"Since the early 1960s, William Christenberry has plumbed the regional identity of the American South focusing his attention on Hale County, Alabama, from which he hails. Although he is most often associated with American color photography, his multifaceted vision encompasses a mix of media that includes sculpture, drawing, painting and found-object assemblage. To understand the scope and complexity of his decades-long project, these various media must be considered together."
"His documentation of vernacular architecture, country churches and graveyards, signage, and landscape captures moments of quiet beauty in a sometimes mythic terrain that, with its worn iconography and buildings turned ramshackle, evokes the form and power of the passage of time. Since relocating to Washington, D.C., in 1968, Christenberry has dutifully returned home to photograph and consider the same locations annually - the green barn, the palmist building, the Bar-B-Q Inn, among others - fulfilling a personal ritual and documenting the physical changes wrought by the passing of a year. More than half the work in this comprehensive publication is previously unpublished."--Jacket.

Resources:
Table of contents

ISBN:

1931788898 (hardcover with jacket)
9781931788892

Subject:

Christenberry, William, 1936-2016 Exhibitions.
Christenberry, William, 1936- Expositions.
Christenberry, William, 1936-2016
Christenberry, William Andrew catalogue d'exposition.
Photography, Artistic Exhibitions.
Photographie artistique Expositions.
Photography, Artistic.

Form/genre:

Exhibition publications.
exhibition catalogs.
Exhibition catalogs.
Catalogues d'exposition.

Added entries:

Hopps, Walter.
Fox, Howard N.
Grundberg, Andy.

Holdings:

Location: Library main m 245147
Call No.: N44.C554 W5 2006
Status: Available

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