ME: Portland

Edward Hopper from 10 Photographs Portfolio, 1976 gelatin silver print 13 ¼” by Berenice Abbott (USA 1898-1991)

WHERE: Portland Museum of Art

WHEN: Opens Saturday, January 14 through April 8, 2012.

TITLE: Making Faces: Photographic Portraits of Actors and Artists

BRIEF ABOUT: An exhibition of 35 works will examine the way in which appearence, poses, and props help to define the public perception of an artist’s work, whether it be on the stage or in a museum.

Jimmy Durante, 1950, gelatin silver print 13 7/8" x 10 15/16" by Philippe Halsman (USA 1906-1979), Gift of Martin Blumenthal.

     Other photographers whose works on view include Philippe Halsman, with images of notable early television personalities such as Dean Martin and Jerry Lewis, Imogene Coca, and Jackie Gleason; and Barbara Morgan, whose photographs of the choreographer Martha Graham, capture the essence of modern dance.

     The exhibition will also feature portraits of some of Maine’s leading artists including Andrew Wyeth, Stephen Etnier, Louise Nevelson, Robert Indiana, Brett Bigbee, and Dozier Bell, whose work will be on view in the Museum’s third floor galleries.

MORE DETAILS: www.portlandmuseum.org.

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