Barbara Bloom "The Collections of Barbara Bloom"

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At International Center of Photography
Media: Photography

Photographer, designer, and installation artist Barbara Bloom (b. 1951) has built her career out of questioning appearances, exploring the desire for possessions, and commenting on the act of collecting. This retrospective will explore all aspects of her oeuvre, and includes works from past multi-media installations and newly made pieces, as well as objects from her vast personal archives of ephemera and advertisements. In some cases, Bloom revisits previous installations and adds new elements, resisting the delineation between past and present in her work. She often integrates her photographs with furniture to create compelling scenes, as with the installation Greed (1988) from the ICP collection, comprised of a chair, an empty frame, and her own photograph of a museum gallery showing a guard in a chair. An example of one of her "collections" is a complete set of Vladimir Nabokov's writings, with all the book covers redesigned by Bloom. This refers not only to herself as collector, and Nabokov as collector (he obsessively collected his own books), but herself as artist.

Schedule

From 2008-01-18 To 2008-05-04

Artist(s)

Barbara Bloom

Fee

Adults $12, Students and Seniors $8, Members and Children under 12 Free, Friday 5-8pm Pay As You Wish

Venue Hours

From 10:00 To 18:00
fridays closing at 20:00
Closed on Mondays, Holidays

Access

Corner of 43rd St. Subway: B/D/F/V to 42nd Street or 1/2/3/7/N/Q/R/S/W to Times Sq-42nd Street.

Address

1133 6th Ave., New York, NY 10036
Phone: 212-857-0000

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Barbara Bloom "The Collections of Barbara Bloom"</a>
Venue: International Center of Photography
Schedule: From 2008-01-18 To 2008-05-04
Address: 1133 6th Ave., New York, NY 10036
Phone: 212-857-0000

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