New York University

New York University

The Office of Public Affairs

Tuesday, Jun 10, 2008

N-482, 2007-08

Media are invited to the opening reception on Friday September 26, 6-8 pm

Exhibition Dates: September 2 November 22, 2008

The Department of Photography & Imaging in the Kanbar Institute of Film and Television at New York University’s Tisch School of the Arts has announced the dates for an exhibition presenting approximately 75 works including letters, photographs, paintings, prints, video, and installation art by 50 artists who have transformed our understanding of identity, resistance, war and peace. This exhibition will open on September 2 and remain on view through November 22.

Entitled 1968: Then and Now, this multimedia exhibition explores an era when a multitude of social movements climaxed in discontent with political order, particularly in the United States, that was rooted in domestic racial inequality and imperialist foreign policy. It also reflects on the presence of the memory of this time in our hearts and minds for 40 years. In 2008, our world is saturated with iconic images that reflect upon and draw from 1968. This exhibition combines historical and contemporary images that construct diverse stories about the culture of resistance, beauty, power, and the notion of disenfranchisement. It has been curated by Deborah Willis, chair of the Department of Photography & Imaging.

Artists, filmmakers, and writers in the exhibition include: Emma Amos, Tomie Arai, William Cordova, Bruce Davidson, Thulani Davis, Ellen Eisenman, Leslie Hewitt, Jessica Ingram, Builder Levy, Lorie Novak, Norman Parish, Jolene Rickard, Stephen Shames, Margo Machida, Elaine Mayes, Iris Morales, Paul Owen, Robert Sengstacke, Bob Stam, Jamel Shabazz, Hong-An Truong, Carla Williams, Carrie Mae Weems, Fran Wilson, and more.

The exhibition is sponsored by the Department of Photography & Imaging and the Nathan Cummings Foundation. A companion exhibition of different images by the same artists will be concurrently on view at the Nathan Cummings Foundation, located at 475 10th Avenue, 14th floor, from September 20 through December 20. The opening reception for the Nathan Cummings exhibition will be on Thursday, September 25.

In conjunction with 1968: Then and Now, a symposium of the same title will be held as a part of the Tisch School of the Arts Day of Community on Monday, October 20 at the Cooper Union Great Hall.

The exhibition will be on view in the Gulf + Western Gallery and in the 8th floor gallery of the Tisch School of the Arts Department of Photography & Imaging, located at 721 Broadway (at Waverly Place). Gallery hours are 10 a.m. to 7 p.m. weekdays and noon to 5 p.m. Saturdays. This exhibition is open to the public and admission is free. Photo ID is required when entering the building. For further information on the exhibition or any of its accompanying events, visit photo.tisch.nyu.edu or call 212/998-1930.

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The Nathan Cummings Foundation is rooted in the Jewish tradition and committed to democratic values and social justice, including fairness, diversity, and community. It seeks to build a socially and economically just society that values and protects the ecological balance for future generations; promotes humane health care; and fosters arts and culture that enriches communities.

The Department of Photography and Imaging at the Tisch School of the Arts is a four-year B.F.A. program centered on the making and understanding of images. Students explore photo-based imagery as personal and cultural expression. Situated within a university, the program offers students both the intensive focus of an arts curriculum and a serious and broad grounding in the liberal arts. The faculty and staff consist of artists, professional photographers, designers, critics, historians, and scholars working from a wide range of perspectives and media.

Editors Note: Photos are available upon request by contacting Richard Pierce at 212.998.6796.