Reckonings and Reconstructions: Southern Photography from The Do Good Fund
Reckonings and Reconstructions: Southern Photography from The Do Good Fund represents a survey of the art and artists within the Do Good Fund's collection. Providing a scholarly investigation of southern photography since World War II, the collection highlights a wide-ranging group of photographers - diverse in gender, race, ethnicity, and region - in over one hundred and twenty-photographs by over seventy artists. Over the past decade the Do Good Fund has build a museum-quality collection of photography to document and celebrate the ever-changing American South. The exhibition includes works by such renowned photographers as: Debbie Fleming, Caffery, Rosalind Fox Solomon, Shelby Lee Adams, Sheila Pree Bright, William Christenberry, Chandra McCormick, and Gordon Parks.
Dr. Jeffrey Richmond-Moll, curator of Reckonings and Reconstructions: Southern Photography from the Do Good Fund, will introduce the exhibition and share insights on his curatorial process. Admission is free every Thursday from 5-8 p.m. Figge Members are invited to come early for a Member Reception beginning at 5 p.m. where they can mingle with drinks prior to the Curator Talk.
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Debbie Fleming Caffery: In Light of Everything
Artwork by Debbie Fleming Caffery
Essays by Russell Lord and Brian Piper
Co-published with the New Orleans Museum of Art
Debbie Fleming Caffery: In Light of Everything immortalizes in book form the artist’s first major career retrospective presented at the New Orleans Museum of Art. Examining the deep emotional relationship between people and place, Caffery is recognized as a leading photographer visualizing the American South. Her shadowy, blurred images thoughtfully feature elements of luster to reveal elements of the shared human experience—childhood, spirituality, labor—and ultimately bring darkness to light. This publication is her most comprehensive to date, showcasing projects produced within and beyond the American South to Mexico, France, and the American West. Caffery’s sixth title, In Light of Everything is the first to feature all series over the course of her career.
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