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Discover a new perspective on Robert Rauschenberg in this engaging talk and tour led by contemporary photographer Mitch Epstein. Best known for his mixed-media works, Rauschenberg also had a deep relationship with photography. Through the Lens of Rauschenberg invites visiting photographers to lead thoughtful conversations that explore their perspectives on his work. Light bites will be provided and drinks will be available at the MCNY Bar. About the Speaker:
Mitch Epstein has photographed the landscape and culture of America for half a century. A graduate of Cooper Union, he became a pioneer of 1970s fine-art color photography. Epstein has been inducted into the National Academy of Design (2020) and was awarded the Prix Pictet (2011), Berlin Prize (2008), and a Guggenheim Fellowship (2002). His work has been shown and collected by museums worldwide, including New York’s Museum of Modern Art, Metropolitan Museum of Art, and Whitney Museum of American Art, the National Gallery in Washington DC, The Art Institute of Chicago, Tate Modern in London, Museum of Modern Art in Paris, Los Angeles’s Getty Museum and LACMA, the Amon Carter Museum in Fort Worth, TX, and the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art.
Recent exhibitions include “American Nature” (photographs and multi-media installations) at the Gallerie d’Italia museum in Torino, Italy (2024-25); “In India,” (photographs and films) at Les Rencontres d'Arles in the Abbey of Montmajour, Arles, France (2022); and “Property Rights” at The Amon Carter Museum of American Art in Fort Worth, Texas (2020-21). Epstein's seventeen books, mostly published by Steidl Verlag, include Recreation (2022, 2005), Property Rights (2021), New York Arbor (2013), American Power (2009), and Family Business (2004), winner of the Kraszna-Krausz Photography Book Award.
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1220 Fifth Ave at 103rd St, New York, NY, United States, New York 10029, 1220 5th Ave, New York, NY 10029-5221, United States, Astoria
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