Do Not Miss This Photo Exhibit!!!
Posted March 5th, 2008 by vikkid in News, Front PageCharles “Teenie” Harris: Rhapsody in Black and White
March 3 through March 15, 2008
This exhibit of 31 silver gelatin photographs represents not only a slice in the lives of African American Pittsburghers spanning four decades, but also the dance between color and shape; document and art; form and function; heroic dignity and representation of the common man.
Produced from vintage negatives, these images are part of an 80,000-piece archive of Teenie Harris’ work.
Mr. Harris was known as One Shot because of his ability to accurately capture and compose delightfully rich imagery in a single frame. Each photograph is resonant with rise and fall, line and grace, extension and powerful dynamic. This exhibit complements and contextualizes Ronald K. Brown/Evidence’s captivating dance work, One Shot.
Curator Deborah Willis selected these images in conjunction with dancer-choreographer Ronald K. Brown.
This exhibition is owned and organized by the August Wilson Center for African American Culture in Pittsburgh.
The images on view in the exhibition are from the Charles “Teenie” Harris Archive of Carnegie Museum of Art, Pittsburgh, PA. The exhibition was organized with the help of Carnegie Museum of Art, Pittsburgh, and PMG Arts Management, LLC.
This exhibit was brought to Tucson through a UA Presents and Access Tucson collaboration. The exhibit is in conjunction with a performance by Ronald K. Brown, Evidence, at Centennial Hall on March 11. Read the review of the performance in the New York Times.