Corcoran Gallery of Art and College of Art + DesignEstablished in 1869, the Corcoran Gallery of Art was one of America’s first museums of art and is Washington, D.C.’s largest nonfederal art museum. The Corcoran College of Art + Design stands as Washington’s only four-year accredited college of art and design, and one of the few in the nation whose educational model includes an integral relationship with a museum, fostering the talent of the next generation of artists. Visit www.corcoran.org |
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Contact: Rachel Cothran (202) 639-1833
500 17th St NW , Washington-Foggy Bottom 20006
www.corcoran.org
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Ivan Sigal: White Road
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 From 1998 through 2005, American photographer Ivan Sigal traveled through Central Asia, using his camera to record the unsettled lives of Eurasians in provincial towns and cities. Through nearly 100 photographs and accompanying text, White Road addresses an elusive question: What was left behind when the Soviet’s ideological superstructure was dismantled, eliminating the grand narrative that once imposed meaning on people’s lives? Sigal’s first solo museum exhibition reveals a diverse population adapting in extraordinary times. The term “white road” means “safe journey” in Kazakh, Kyrgyz, and Uzbek. These words are imprinted on road signs at the edges of Central Asian towns, wishing travelers well as they enter the vast and empty steppe. November 03 2012 10:00 AM - January 27 2013 06:00 PM $10.00 AdmissionThe Corcoran Gallery of Art , 500 17th Street Washington, DC 20006, Northwest http://www.corcoran.org/exhibitions/ivan-sigal-white-road LOCATION MAP |
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Gallery 31 - This is Not a Photo
By Partner Events
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 This exhibit previews the work of the inaugural class of New Media Photojournalism at the Corcoran. The work at once embraces and challenges the roles of the visual news media today. Reception: Thursday, November 15, 5-7 p.m. November 07 2012 10:00 AM - November 18 2012 05:00 PMAdmission : http://www.corcoran.org/exhibitions/not-photo  500 Seventeenth Street NW Washington, DC 20006, Northwest (202) 639-1700 LOCATION MAP |
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Newman Distinguished Visiting Artist Lecturer in Photography: Taryn Simon
Lectures
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 Taryn Simon produced A Living Man Declared Dead and Other Chapters I-XVIII over a four-year period (2008–11), during which she traveled around the world researching and recording bloodlines and their related stories. “In each of the 18 chapters,” the photographer has explained, “you see the external forces of territory, governance, power, and religion, colliding with the internal forces of psychological and physical inheritance.” She chose a wide variety of subjects, including feuding families in Brazil, victims of genocide in Bosnia, the body double of Saddam Hussein's son Uday, and the so-called living dead in India. The exhibition is on view at the Corcoran November 10, 2012-February 12, 2013. November 08 2012 07:00 PM - November 08 2012 08:00 PMAdmission : https://getinvolved.corcoran.org/newman_lecture The Corcoran Gallery of Art , 500 17th Street Washington, DC 20006, Northwest LOCATION MAP |
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Taryn Simon: A Living Man Declared Dead and Other Chapters I-XVIII
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 This fall, the Corcoran Gallery of Art and College of Art + Design presents the first complete East Coast exhibition of Taryn Simon: A Living Man Declared Dead and Other Chapters I–XVIII, a photographic project by the artist Taryn Simon (American, b. 1975). Simon produced the work over a four-year period (2008–11), during which she traveled around the world researching and recording the living ascendants and descendants of a single individual, or “bloodlines,” and their related stories. “In each of the 18 chapters,” the photographer has explained, “you see the external forces of territory, governance, power, and religion, colliding with the internal forces of psychological and physical inheritance.” The subjects Simon documents include feuding families in Brazil, victims of genocide in Bosnia, the body double of Saddam Hussein's son Uday, and the so-called living dead in India. November 10 2012 10:00 AM - February 24 2013 06:00 PM $10.00 AdmissionThe Corcoran Gallery of Art , 500 17th Street Washington, DC 20006, Northwest http://www.corcoran.org/exhibitions/simon LOCATION MAP |
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Artist Talk with Ivan Sigal
By Partner Events
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 Ivan Sigal, whose documentary project WHITE ROAD is on display through January 27, discusses on the changing ways photographers tell stories in online and digital platforms, focusing on the shift from traditional narrative structures as found in photo essays and books to the aesthetic possibilities of digital storytelling. Sigal is the executive director of Global Voices, a nonprofit online global citizens' media initiative. This semester, he is teaching a graduate seminar called “Visual Storytelling” within the Corcoran College of Art + Design’s New Media Photojournalism program. Pre-registration is encouraged November 12 2012 07:00 PM - November 12 2012 08:00 PMAdmission : https://getinvolved.corcoran.org/ivan_sigal $12.00 Admission 500 Seventeenth Street NW Washington, DC 20006, Northwest (202) 639-1700 LOCATION MAP |
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Transforming Society through Photos: The Role of Free and Independent Photojournalism
By Partner Events
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 To complement the exhibition, 101 Photos for Press Freedom, on view at FotoWeek Central (1299 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW), Magnum photographers Larry Towell and Peter van Agtmael examine the role of free and independent photojournalism in society. MaryAnne Golon, Director of Photography at The Washington Post moderates the discussion, and Delphine Halgand, D.C. Director of Reporters without Borders, introduces the evening. November 14 2012 07:00 PM - November 14 2012 08:00 PM Admission : https://getinvolved.corcoran.org/transforming_society_through_photos $12.00 Admission 500 Seventeenth Street NW Washington, DC 20006, Northwest (202) 639-1700 LOCATION MAP |