Intersections: Photographs and Videos from the National Gallery of Art and the Corcoran Gallery of Art
May 29, 2016 – January 2, 2017 West Building, Ground Floor, Inner Tier Galleries
Alfred Stieglitz, Self-Portrait, probably 1911, platinum print, National Gallery of Art, Washington, Alfred Stieglitz Collection
This exhibition is no longer on view at the National Gallery.
Nearly 700 photographs from Eadweard Muybridge's groundbreaking publication Animal Locomotion, acquired by the Corcoran Gallery of Art in 1887, became the foundation for the institution's early interest in photography. The Key Set of more than 1,600 works by Alfred Stieglitz, donated by Georgia O'Keeffe and the Alfred Stieglitz Estate, launched the photography collection at the National Gallery of Art in 1949. Inspired by these two seminal artists, Muybridge and Stieglitz, the exhibition brings together highlights of the recently merged collections of the Corcoran and the National Gallery of Art by a range of artists from the 1840s to today. The connections between the two photography collections will be explored through five themes—movement, sequence, narrative, studio, and identity—found in the work of the two founding photographers.
Intersections: Photographs and Videos from the National Gallery of Art and the Corcoran Gallery of Art
Eadweard Muybridge, Plate Number 188. Dancing (fancy), 1887, collotype, National Gallery of Art, Corcoran Collection (Museum Purchase, 1887), 2014
Intersections: Photographs and Videos from the National Gallery of Art and the Corcoran Gallery of Art
Alfred Stieglitz, Georgia O’Keeffe, 1918, palladium print, National Gallery of Art, Alfred Stieglitz Collection, 1980
Intersections: Photographs and Videos from the National Gallery of Art and the Corcoran Gallery of Art
Thomas Annan, Old Vennel, Off High Street, 1868–1871, carbon print, National Gallery of Art, Patrons' Permanent Fund, 1995
Intersections: Photographs and Videos from the National Gallery of Art and the Corcoran Gallery of Art
Shōmei Tōmatsu, Rush Hour, Tokyo, 1981, gelatin silver print, National Gallery of Art, Corcoran Collection (Gift of Michael D. Abrams), 2015
Intersections: Photographs and Videos from the National Gallery of Art and the Corcoran Gallery of Art
Vito Acconci, Step Piece, 1970, five gelatin silver prints and four sheets of type-written paper, mounted on board with annotations in black ink, National Gallery of Art, Dorothy and Herbert Vogel Collection, 1994
Intersections: Photographs and Videos from the National Gallery of Art and the Corcoran Gallery of Art
Eadweard Muybridge, Plate Number 180. Stepping on and over a chair, 1887, collotype, National Gallery of Art, Corcoran Collection (Museum Purchase, 1887), 2015
Intersections: Photographs and Videos from the National Gallery of Art and the Corcoran Gallery of Art
Robert Frank, Halifax Infirmary, 1978, gelatin silver print with green oil paint and black ink, National Gallery of Art, Robert Frank Collection, Anonymous Gift, 1994
Intersections: Photographs and Videos from the National Gallery of Art and the Corcoran Gallery of Art
Nan Goldin, Relapse/Detox Grid, 1998–2000, nine silver dye bleach prints, National Gallery of Art, Corcoran Collection (Museum Purchase with funds donated by the FRIENDS of the Corcoran Gallery of Art), 2015
Intersections: Photographs and Videos from the National Gallery of Art and the Corcoran Gallery of Art
Alfred Stieglitz, Self-Portrait, probably 1911, platinum print, National Gallery of Art, Alfred Stieglitz Collection, 1949
Intersections: Photographs and Videos from the National Gallery of Art and the Corcoran Gallery of Art
Vik Muniz, Alfred Stieglitz (from the series Pictures of Ink), 2000, silver dye bleach print, National Gallery of Art, Corcoran Collection (Museum Purchase with funds provided by the FRIENDS of the Corcoran Gallery of Art), 2014
Intersections: Photographs and Videos from the National Gallery of Art and the Corcoran Gallery of Art
Lorna Simpson, Untitled (Two Necklines), 1989, two gelatin silver prints with 11 plastic plaques, National Gallery of Art, Gift of the Collectors Committee, 2005
Intersections: Photographs and Videos from the National Gallery of Art and the Corcoran Gallery of Art
Hank Willis Thomas, And One, 2011, digital chromogenic print, National Gallery of Art, Corcoran Collection (Gift of the artist and Jack Shainman Gallery, New York), 2015
Organization: Organized by the National Gallery of Art, Washington.
Sponsors: The exhibition is made possible through the generous support of the Trellis Fund.
Additional funding is kindly provided by Brian and Paula Ballo Dailey.
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