Show Schedule
GHANA: An African Portrait RevisitedMar-5th-2010 to Mar-26th-2010
Ghana: An African Portrait Revisited
In the spring of 2006, six New Hampshire based photographers, inspired by the work of renowned American photographer, Paul Strand, journeyed to Ghana to document that country on the eve of its fiftieth anniversary of independence. In 1963, Strand traveled extensively throughout Ghana, documenting its early days of independence, at the request of Kwame Nkrumah, the country’s first president. Strand’s book, Ghana: An African Portrait, was published in 1976, a year after his death.
The work of these six photographers; Peter Randall, Nancy Grace Horton, Barbara Bickford, Gary Samson, Charter Weeks, and Tim Gaudreau, was published in a book titled, Ghana: An African Portrait Revisited in 2007. Their efforts were coordinated by Randall, who had long envisioned this project. The colorful portrait of a vibrant and beautiful nation, the first sub-Saharan colony to become independent, celebrates the spirit of its people and culture; the joys, traditions, the daily nuances of their lives; as well as the melding of old ways and new as Ghana embraces its future in the 21st century.
Addison Woolley Gallery of Portland, ME., in collaboration with A FINE THING: Edward T. Pollack Fine Arts, and the Museum of African Culture, both also located in Portland, is proud to present an exhibition of 42 photographs from the book. A companion exhibit of Ghanaian art and artifacts will coincide at The Museum of African Culture, 13 Brown St., (207) 871-7188.
Ghana: An African Portrait Revisited Photographs by Peter E. Randall, Nancy Grace Horton, Barbara Bickford, Gary Samson, Charter Weeks, and Tim Gaudreau
March 5 – 26, 2010 Opening Reception, Friday, March 5th from 5 – 8 p.m.
Artists’ Talk and visual presentation, with reception, Saturday, March 20th, 2 – 4:30 p.m., plus a special performance, with mask, by Oscar Mokeme of the Museum of African Culture.
Location for exhibit and presentation A FINE THING: Edward T. Pollack Fine Arts 29 Forest Avenue Portland, ME. 04101 (207) 699-2919
Also on view at A Fine Thing: Edward T. Pollack Fine Arts – Prints of the German Expressionists, March through May 15, 2010.
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GERMAN EXPRESSSIONIST PRINTSMar-5th-2010 to May-15th-2010
To complement the Portland Museum of Art's show of Max Beckmann's prints, the gallery will feature prints by German and Austrian artists who were part of the Expressionist movement. Included will be work by Kathe Kollwitz, Erich Heckel, Otto Dix, Oskar Kokoschka, Egon Schiele, Max Pechstein, Conrad Felixmuller, Lovis Corinth and others.
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AD 20/21 & BOSTON PRINT FAIRApr-8th-2010 to Apr-11th-2010
We will exhibit in the Print Fair section of this well-established and carefully curated show, which has quickly become Boston's best venue for the display and sale of Fine Prints and Works on Paper and for art, furniture and decorative arts of the Art Nouveau, Art Deco, Modernist and Contemporary periods of the 20th and 21st Centuries. We will exhibit American and European prints, drawings and photographs of the 19th and 20th Centuries. We welcome our colleague Lucretia Baskin, who will show Old Master prints. The show is held at the Cyclorama on Tremont Street in Boston's vibrant South End neighborhood. Please check the show's website at the link below for dates, times and admission charges.
