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Wednesday, September 27
6:00 - 7:30 p.m
From Modernism to Now: Collecting
Photography
Presented by:
Burt and Missy Finger – Photographs Do Not Bend
Location:
Photographs Do Not Bend Gallery
1202 Dragon Street
Suite 103
Dallas 75207
214-969-1852
Cost $10 per person
Seating is limited
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Modernism to Now: Collecting Photography |
| Burt
and Missy Finger – Photographs Do Not Bend |
This lecture will focus on the modern movement in
photography and modernism today. Following the invention of photography
in 1839, travel and portrait photography amazed the masses, allowing
people of modest means to live vicariously through the eyes of
the photographer. The modernist aesthetic was born in the 1920's
with the Bauhaus in Germany and via the Great Utopia movement
in Russia. The artists, László Moholy-Nagy and Aleksandre
Rodchenko, were instrumental in moving this ideology forward.
After the demise of the Bauhaus and the approach of WWII, Moholy-Nagy
joined Ludwig Mies van der Rohe at the Institute of Design in
Chicago. This group had a profound influence on the future of
Modernist photography in America. Of those influenced were Edward
Weston, Carlotta Corpron, Charles Sheeler, Paul Strand and Paul
Outerbridge. Collectively, their work would change the image of
photography forever.
 About
Burt and Missy Finger
Burt and Missy Finger established their Dallas gallery, Photographs
Do Not Bend, in 1995 after making the transition from collectors
and successful proprietors of a successful antiques business.
The gallery, currently in a brand new location, specializes in
20th Century and contemporary photography. Burt had the opportunity
to work with the renowned photojournalist, Larry Burrows, during
his tour of duty in Vietnam in 1968. This introduction to photography
led directly to exhibitions during the 1970's in galleries and
the Contemporary Arts Museum in Houston. Missy studied art history
and holds a BBA in Marketing from the University of Texas, Austin.
Their years of collecting fostered a passion they are fortunate
to have turned into a full time pursuit.
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