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The Visionary Quest in Chicago |
| Section: THE ARTS / PHOTOGRAPHY |
| Author: Darwin Marable |
| Publication: The world & I online |
| Issue Date: 4/1/1989 |
| Size: 2,155 Words, 13,347 Characters |
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The predominance of classic and documentary photography in America in the 1930s did not go unchallenged. In 1937 Laszlo Moholy-Nagy, a pioneer at the Bauhaus and refugee from Nazi Germany, founded the New Bauhaus in Chicago. The following year it became known as the Institute of Design, a name soon synonymous with experimentation, integration of the arts, a distinguished faculty, and a long list of accomplished graduates, especially in the area of photography. The philosophy and influence of the Institute of Design (ID) continues, as evidenced by the exhibition Siegel, Josephson, and Jachna: Chicago Experimentalists (October 28, 1988-January 8, 1989), curated by Sandra Phillips and held at the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art.
The Super-Real
Moholy-Nagy's basic premise was th...
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...xpand our notion of the truthfulness of the photograph as simply a mirror held up to the external world. They all manipulate the photographic image for self-expression--Siegel to reveal his unconscious, Jachna to touch on spiritual issues, and Josephson to question the medium and its relation to reality. All seem to carry on Moholy-Nagy's "new vision" to expand the language of photography. vbcrlf
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