Henry Wessel 2007
January 10, 2007- February 10, 2007
Reception: January 10, 6:00 pm - 8:00 pm
210 11th Ave
From January 10 to February 10, 2007,
Robert Mann Gallery is pleased to present a solo exhibition by
Henry Wessel. A reception will be held on Wednesday, January 10 (6-8pm). The exhibition is presented in partnership with Charles Cowles Gallery, where a complimentary
Henry Wessel exhibition will be on view from January 11 to February 17, 2007. Also exhibiting
Henry Wessel in 2007 are the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, Rena Bransten Gallery and Theresa Luisotti Gallery.
Henry Wessel has worked as a photographer for nearly thirty years. He first garnered widespread critical attention during the early 1970s in an exhibition at the Museum of Modern Art, and as one of the young photographers included in the New Topographics exhibition at the International Museum of Photography in Rochester, New York. Since then, Wessel has documented his surroundings, finding a sense of lyrical beauty in the everyday. His "keen-eyed observations share the spontaneity and honesty of snapshots, but are inflected with his own wry humor." (Sandra Sloan, SFMOMA)
Robert Mann Gallery will exhibit two series by the artist: California and the West and Night Walk. Additional works will also be included.
Henry Wessel was born in 1942 in Teaneck, New Jersey. He received a B.A. degree from Pennsylvania State University in 1966 and an M.F.A. degree from the State University of New York at Buffalo in 1972. In 1971 he was awarded the first of two John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Fellowships, and he has also received three National Endowment for the Arts grants. Wessel's photographs are included in many major collections, including the Art Institute of Chicago; the Center for Creative Photography, University of Arizona, Tucson; Fogg Art Museum, Harvard University, Cambridge; Los Angeles County Museum of Art; The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York; and Victoria and Albert Museum, London. Currently, Wessel is on faculty in the photography department at the San Francisco Art Institute.
Books and DVDs related to artists in this show| Location | map | | Gallery | Robert Mann Gallery | | Address | 210 11th Ave, 10th Fl New York (Chelsea) NY, 10001 United States | | Phone | 212-989-7600 | | Fax | 212-989-2947 | | Hours | Tue-Sat 11-6 (Summer hours: Mon-Fri 11-6) | |
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