An exhibition featuring approximately 50 works in photography, digital imaging, and multimedia by 11 graduating seniors from the class of 2010 in the Department of Photography & Imaging at the Kanbar Institute of Film & Television will open January 21. It will remain on view at New York University s Tisch School of the Arts through February 13, 2010.
The First of 4 Shows Featuring Thesis Projects from the Class of 2010 Opens January 21
An exhibition featuring approximately 50 works in photography, digital imaging, and multimedia by 11 graduating seniors from the class of 2010 in the Department of Photography & Imaging at the Kanbar Institute of Film & Television will open January 21. It will remain on view at New York Universitys Tisch School of the Arts through February 13, 2010.
Entitled, SHOW ONE, it is the first in a series of four exhibitions that will eventually showcase the work of the entire graduating class in a BFA exhibition. It is installed in the Gulf + Western Gallery (rear lobby) and the 8th Floor Gallery at 721 Broadway (at Waverly Place). Gallery hours are 10 a.m. to 7 p.m. weekdays, and noon to 5 p.m. Saturdays. Admission is free. Photo identification is required for access to the building. For further information, call 212.998.1930 or visit www.photo.tisch.nyu.edu.
In this exhibition: Kat Ching revisits happenstance moments of appreciation; Sara Feinstein reinterprets and modernizes the paintings of Alphonse Mucha, bringing the visual ideals of art nouveau into a digital medium; Seth Mroczkas photographs represent unguarded interactions and moments of reverie; Taylor Poulin exhibits zone-plate camera photographs of representations of female deities; Erica Tashiro portrays children who have travelled in time to experience moments of adulthood; César Vega exhibits a selection of images from his American series. Works also included in the exhibition by Mike Bump, Garrett Chang, Katie Frank, Amanda Mauro, and Caitlin Saunders.
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 New York University, the program offers students both the intensive focus of an arts curriculum and a serious and broad grounding in the liberal arts.
**Media are invited to attend the opening reception on Thursday, January 21, from 6-8 p.m.**