Cover of Aperture magazine, issue no. 256, guest edited by Deana Lawson, Princeton’s Dorothy Krauklis ’78 Professor of Visual Arts
This exhibition is presented as part of Poetic Record: Photography in a Transformed World, a two-day symposium that gathers photo-based artists, writers, curators, historians, and students to explore the poetics of photography, its instability, and its latent potential.
The exhibition is co-curated by Deana Lawson and Michael Famighetti, editor-in-chief of Aperture magazine. The exhibition and symposium coincide with the Fall 2024 issue of Aperture magazine, “Arrhythmic Mythic Ra,” an issue that refracts themes of family, social history, and the astrophysical through the eyes of guest editor Lawson and features many of the artists included in the Poetic Record exhibition.
Featuring work by artists David Benjamin Sherry, Jenny Calivas, Sara Cwynar, Seiichi Furuya, Paul Graham, Balarama Heller, Arthur Jafa, Liz Johnston Artur, Deana Lawson, Ken Light, Sally Mann, Louis Mendes, Boris Mikhailov, Richard Mosse, Trevor Paglen, Lucy Raven, Stefan Ruiz, Matthew Schreiber, Allan Sekula, Lieko Shiga, Taryn Simon, James Welling, and Jeff Whetstone.
Exhibition Photos
Attendees of the Poetic Record: Photography in a Transformed World symposium view the accompanying exhibition. Photo by Jon Sweeney
Attendees of the Poetic Record: Photography in a Transformed World symposium view the accompanying exhibition. Photo by Jon Sweeney
Attendees of the Poetic Record: Photography in a Transformed World symposium view the accompanying exhibition. Photo by Jon Sweeney
Attendees of the Poetic Record: Photography in a Transformed World symposium view the accompanying exhibition. Photo by Jon Sweeney
Attendees of the Poetic Record: Photography in a Transformed World symposium view the accompanying exhibition. Photo by Jon Sweeney
Attendees of the Poetic Record: Photography in a Transformed World symposium view the accompanying exhibition. Photo by Jon Sweeney
Attendees of the Poetic Record: Photography in a Transformed World symposium view the accompanying exhibition. Photo by Jon Sweeney
Attendees of the Poetic Record: Photography in a Transformed World symposium view the accompanying exhibition. Photo by Jon Sweeney
Exhibition Admission & Details
Free and open to the public.
The exhibition is on view from October 1 – December 5, 2024, in the Hurley Gallery. Gallery hours: Open daily 10 AM – 8 PM. Please note the gallery will be closed for Thanksgiving on November 28-30 and December 1st. Normal hours resume for Dec. 2-5.
Opening reception held on October 10 from 5-6:30 PM in the Hurley Gallery. Free and open to the public.
Directions
Get directions to the Hurley Gallery, located on the mezzanine level of the Lewis Arts complex at 122 Alexander Street in Princeton, NJ.
Accessibility
The Hurley Gallery is an accessible venue. The best accessible entrance to the Hurley Gallery is via the Arts Tower elevator; take the elevator to level M. Guests in need of other access accommodations are asked to contact the Lewis Center at 609-258-5262 or at LewisCenter@princeton.edu at least one week prior to the event date.
Poetic Record: Related Events
The Poetic Record: Photography in a Transformed World symposium will take place on October 10 & 11, 2024, in the Wallace Theater in the Lewis Arts complex on the Princeton University campus. View symposium details
An additional exhibition, Exceed Your Vision, will be on view October 1-30 in the CoLab at the Lewis Arts complex. Curated by James Welling, the exhibition features work by recent Princeton alumni including Max Diallo Jakobsen, Benji Freeman, Pauli King, Sydney Mieko King, Erin Macanze, Lane Marsh, Lauren Olson, Kristen Pardo, Collin Riggins, Luke Shannon, and Titi Sodimu. Gallery hours: Open daily 10 AM – 8 PM. Free and open to the public.
Organizers & Sponsors
Poetic Record: Photography in a Transformed World is organized by Deana Lawson, Princeton University’s Dorothy Krauklis ’78 Professor of Visual Arts, in collaboration with Jeff Whetstone, Director of the Program in Visual Arts, and James Welling, Lecturer with the Rank of Professor of Visual Arts.
This is a Princeton Humanities Council Magic Project funded through a David A. Garner ’69 Magic Grant and presented by the Lewis Center for the Arts. The symposium is cosponsored by Princeton’s Collaboratorium for Radical Aesthetics and Council on Science and Technology.
The events coincides with the fall issue of Aperture magazine, “Arrhythmic Mythic Ra,” an issue that refracts themes of family, social history, and the astrophysical through the eyes of guest editor Deana Lawson and features many of the artists included in Poetic Record: Photography in a Transformed World.
Banner image: Self-Portrait While Buried #1, by Jenny Calivas.
