Photographs of Empty Spaces Explore Impact of Human Presence

‘Absence/Presence: Selected Contemporary Photography’ to Open at the George Washington University’s Luther W. Brady Art Gallery

July 23, 2015

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William Christenberry, Building with False Brick Siding, Warsaw, Alabama, 1991. Printed 2008. Archival pigment print, mounted to Dibond. 44 in x 54 in. Edition of 9. Photo: Courtesy of the Artist / HEMPHILL Fine Arts.

EVENT: 
Photographs of abandoned and empty interiors and landscapes will be on display in the “Absence/Presence: Selected Contemporary Photography” exhibition at the George Washington University’s Luther W. Brady Art Gallery. The exhibition will feature works by photographers such as Andrew Moore and E. Brady Robinson that depict temporarily unpeopled or permanently abandoned spaces. 
 
WHEN: 
Wednesday, Aug. 26, 2015-Friday, Nov. 20, 2015
 
WHERE: 
The George Washington University 
School of Media and Public Affairs building 
Luther W. Brady Art Gallery (second floor) 
805 21st St., NW
Washington, D.C. 
Foggy Bottom-GWU Metro (Blue, Orange and Silver lines)
 
ADMISSION AND PUBLIC INFORMATION:
The exhibition is free and open to the public. For more information call the Brady Gallery at 202-994-1525 or visit http://www.gwu.edu/~bradyart/. Attention calendar editors: Please do not publish media contact information.
 
Gallery hours: Tuesday–Friday: 10 a.m.-5 p.m.*, closed Saturday-Monday
 
*The gallery will extend its hours to 7 p.m. on Aug. 26
 
MULTIMEDIA: 
Images of selected works available upon request. 
 
BACKGROUND: 
‘Absence/Presence’ uses photographs of places, such as an abandoned bowling alley, a prison cell and an empty desk, to explore how people impact the interiors and spaces they occupy. The exhibition includes photography from Nancy Breslin, William Christenberry, Frank Gohlke, Dean Kessmann, Dan Lobdell and Katherine Sifers. The Francine Zorn Trachtenberg Photography Fund and the Friends of the Luther W. Brady Art Gallery provided partial funding for the exhibition. 
 
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