William Eggleston– the man responsible for legitimizing color photography as an art form! master of composition! champion of the everyday object and bar scene! artist! folklorist!– is the focus of the Corcoran’s newest exhibit, Democratic Camera, Photographs and Video, 1961–2008,
The retrospective of images, running June 20th – September 20th, features more than 150 photographs—some never-before-exhibited—made over five decades by the groundbreaking Memphis-based artist.
In addition to his gorgeous photographs, several of Eggleston’s video works have been restored and are on display- most notably his piece Stranded in Canton, a haunting vignette that reminds you how weird people are-especially int the deep south: children playing, men screaming, jazz musicians howling, gun-toting drunks sermonizing, cock fights and qualude dreams.
IT’S INSANE and a MUST SEE
Democratic Camera, Photographs and Video, 1961–2008,
June 20th-September 20th
Corcoran Gallery of Art
500 17th St NW, Washington
Yeash! As soon as I get back in town, this is a must see!
June 20, 2009 at 2:37 pmChad- you have to give us these blind items
June 22, 2009 at 8:27 amBest of all, the Corcoran is free on Saturdays all summer long.
http://www.corcoran.org/freesummersaturdays/
June 22, 2009 at 11:33 amMomo – I want to try again on a day without the old man and the horrible kid music.
June 22, 2009 at 11:44 amyou can go to twitter and search “cut off william eggleston”
June 22, 2009 at 11:58 ammichael – that leaves us with almost any other saturday to take in the rural Georgia photo art.
and, really, that name will NOT stick.
June 22, 2009 at 12:48 pmAlready has – you answered to it.
June 22, 2009 at 1:15 pm
i have it on very good authority that William Eggleston had to be cut off at a local bar this passed monday.
(it was not by me. nor was it at my bar.)
June 19, 2009 at 6:20 pm