Guggenheim Examines New Developments in Contemporary Photography with Photo-Poetics: An Anthology Exhibition: Photo-Poetics: An Anthology Venue: Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, 1071 Fifth Avenue, New York Location: Tower Levels 2, 4, and 5 Dates: November 20, 2015–March 27, 2016 (NEW YORK, NY – November 17, 2015) — The Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum presents Photo-Poetics: An Anthology, an exhibition documenting recent developments in contemporary photography and consisting of photographs, videos, and slide installations by ten international artists. With more than 70 works by Claudia Angelmaier, Erica Baum, Anne Collier, Moyra Davey, Leslie Hewitt, Elad Lassry, Lisa Oppenheim, Erin Shirreff, Kathrin Sonntag, and Sara VanDerBeek, the exhibition runs from November 20, 2015–March 27, 2016, and presents a focused study into the nature, traditions, and magic of photography in the context of the rapid digital transformation of the medium. Organized by Jennifer Blessing, Senior Curator, Photography, with Susan Thompson, Assistant Curator, Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, Photo-Poetics: An Anthology offers an opportunity to define the concerns of a new generation of photographic artists and contextualize their work within the history of art and visual culture. These artists mainly pursue a studio-based approach to still-life photography that centers on the representation of objects, often printed matter such as books, magazines, and record covers. The result is often an image imbued with poetic and evocative personal significance that resonates with larger cultural and historical meanings.

The artists in the exhibition attempt to rematerialize the photograph through meticulous printing, using film and other disappearing photo technologies. Drawing on the legacies of Conceptualism and invested in exploring the processes and techniques of photography, they are also deeply interested in how photographic images circulate. Theirs is a sort of “photo poetics,” an art that self-consciously investigates the laws of photography and the nature of photographic representation, reproduction, and the photographic object. The works in the exhibition, rich with detail, reward close and prolonged regard; they ask for a mode of looking that is closer to reading than the cursory scanning fostered by the clicking and swiping functionalities of smartphones and social media. Both the exhibition and its accompanying catalogue are conceived as anthologies, as independent vehicles to introduce each artist’s important and unique practice.

This exhibition is supported in part by Affirmation Arts Fund and The Robert Mapplethorpe Foundation.

The Leadership Committee for Photo-Poetics: An Anthology, chaired by Rona Citrin, is gratefully acknowledged for its support, with special thanks to Erica Gervais and Ted Pappendick as well as to Lisa and Richard Baker, Angelo K H Chan and Frederick Wertheim, Jeffrey Citrin, Manuel de Santaren, Ellen and Richard Kelson, Jill and Peter Kraus, Toby Devan Lewis, Ann and Mel Schaffer, Patty and Howard Silverstein, Cristina von Bargen, Tanya Bonakdar Gallery, Ann Cook and Charley Moss, Susan and Arthur Fleischer, Miyoung Lee and Neil Simpkins, Lauren and Scott Pinkus, Melissa Schiff Soros, and Barbara Toll.

Additional funding is provided by the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum’s Photography Committee.

About the Catalogue Photo-Poetics: An Anthology is accompanied by a fully illustrated catalogue featuring an introduction, afterword, and ten monographic essays by Jennifer Blessing that provide focused, contemplative readings of each artist’s work. The catalogue’s design, in which each artist’s practice is presented individually, reflects the exhibition’s structure as a series of solo presentations. The catalogue will be available for $50 at the Guggenheim Store and online at guggenheimstore.org. Photo-Poetics: An Anthology Artist Panels The Guggenheim hosts a series of panel discussions with the artists featured in Photo-Poetics. The participants discuss their exhibited work, followed by a group conversation moderated by exhibition curators addressing themes related to photographic practices today, including issues of identity, representation, reproduction, and the circulation of images in contemporary visual culture. These discussions are part of the Elaine Terner Cooper Education Fund Conversations with Contemporary Artists series. Dates and participants are subject to change. For updates, program additions, and ticket information, visit guggenheim.org/calendar. Lisa Oppenheim, Sara VanDerBeek Wednesday, January 27, 6:30 pm Elad Lassry, Erin Shirreff, Kathrin Sonntag Wednesday, February 24, 6:30 pm Claudia Angelmaier, Erica Baum, Moyra Davey Wednesday, March 9, 6:30 pm About the Solomon R. Guggenheim Foundation Founded in 1937, the Solomon R. Guggenheim Foundation is dedicated to promoting the understanding and appreciation of art, primarily of the modern and contemporary periods, through exhibitions, education programs, research initiatives, and publications. The Guggenheim network that began in the 1970s when the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York, was joined by the Peggy Guggenheim Collection, Venice, has since expanded to include the Guggenheim Museum Bilbao (opened 1997), and the Guggenheim Abu Dhabi (currently in development). The Guggenheim

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Lisa Oppenheim The Sun is Always Setting Somewhere Else, 2006 (detail)Slide projection of 15 35 mm slides, continuous loop, dimensions variableSolomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New YorkPurchased with funds contributed by the Photography Committee 2009.60© Lisa Oppenheim

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Anne CollierCrying, 2005Chromogenic print, 99.1 x 134 cmSolomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New YorkPurchased with funds contributed by Mr. and Mrs. Aaron M. Tighe 2005.47 © Anne Collier

Erica Baum Jaws (from the series Naked Eye), 2008Inkjet print, 47 x 41.6 cmSolomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New YorkPurchased with funds contributed by Kimberly and Aaron Tighe2011.48 © Erica Baum

Sara VanDerBeek From the Means of Reproduction, 2007Chromogenic print, 101.6 x 76.2 cmSolomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New YorkPurchased with funds contributed by the Photography Committee 2007.138© Sara VanDerBeek

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Claudia AngelmaierBetty, 2008Chromogenic print, face-mounted to acrylic, 130 x 100 cmSolomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New YorkPurchased with funds contributed by the Photography Committee with additional funds contributed by Mr. and Mrs. Aaron M. Tighe, and Rona and Jeffrey Citrin 2014.122© Claudia Angelmaier

Leslie Hewitt Riffs on Real Time (3 of 10), 2006–09Chromogenic print, 76.2 x 61 cmSolomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New YorkPurchased with funds contributed by the Photography Committee 2010.55© Leslie Hewitt

Moyra DaveyLes Goddesses, 2011HD color video, with sound, 61 min.Courtesy the artist and Murray Guy, New York© Moyra Davey

Erin ShirreffUN 2010, 2010HD color video, silent 17 min.Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New YorkPurchased with funds contributed by Erica Gervais 2010.29© Erin Shirreff

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Kathrin SonntagMittnacht, 2008 (detail) Slide projection of 81 35 mm slides, continuous loop, dimensions variable Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York Purchased with funds contributed by the Photography Committee and Manuel de Santaren 2011.15 © Kathrin Sonntag

Elad Lassry Untitled (Woman, Blond), 2013Chromogenic print in walnut frame with four-ply silk, 36.8 x 29.2 x 3.8 cmSolomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New YorkPurchased with funds contributed by the Photography Committee2013.72© Elad Lassry