Saint Louis Art Museum Exhibits Nicholas Nixon ~ '30 Years of Photography'

Thursday, 18 January 2007 21:36

Saint Louis, MO - The Saint Louis Art Museum announces the February 2 opening of Nicholas Nixon: 30 Years of Photography. Known for combining a spontaneous approach to photography with a large-format camera, highly-regarded contemporary photographer Nicholas Nixon creates black and white images that are both candid and aesthetically commanding.  Since coming to prominence in the mid 1970s with stunning architectural views of New York and Boston, he has pursued innovative approaches to portraiture.

Nicholas Nixon: 30 Years of Photography is the first comprehensive survey of Nixon’s work displayed in an American museum since 1989.  The exhibition features a selection of 60 works representative of each of the seven major series that Nixon embarked on during his career—People; Brown Sisters; Family; Old People; School; Couples; and Views.

Nixon (American, born 1947) earned an MFA in photography from the University of New Mexico.  He has been awarded three National Endowment for the Arts Photography Fellowships, two John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation Fellowships and a Massachusetts Council for the Arts “New Works” Grant.  He is currently a professor of photography at the Massachusetts College of Art in Boston.

Nixon’s photographs have been exhibited at numerous museums and galleries including the Art Institute of Chicago; the Museum of Modern Art, New York; the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art; and the Victoria and Albert Museum, London.

Nixon will speak about his work February 2 at 7 p.m. in the Museum Auditorium.  A viewing of the exhibition follows the presentation. Curated by Eric Lutz, assistant curator of prints, drawings, and photographs, Nicholas Nixon: 30 Years of Photography will be on view in Cohen Gallery (313) through May 13, 2007.

The Saint Louis Art Museum is one of the nation’s leading comprehensive art museums with collections that include works of art of exceptional quality from virtually every culture and time period. Areas of notable depth include Oceanic art, pre-Columbian art, ancient Chinese bronzes, and European and American art of the late 19^th and 20^th centuries, with particular strengths in 20^th-century German art.  The Art Museum offers a full range of exhibitions and educational programming generated independently and in collaboration with local, national, and international partners.  For more information about the Saint Louis Art Museum visit : www.slam.org