The ROBERT KLEIN GALLERY (38 Newbury St) and ARS LIBRI (500 Harrison Ave) proudly announce Inside Outside: The 1970s in Black and White, a diverse show of photographs that attest to the productivity and creativity of the era. The exhibition will open at Ars Libri tomorrow, Friday, January 4, as part of the South End's First Fridays.

 

In a decade marked by anti-war protests and the Watergate scandal, American photographers were diligently working to expand and redefine their medium. Inside the darkroom, the 1970s saw Boston-based OLIVIA PARKER begin work on her ephemeral still lifes while JERRY UELSMANN continued using multiple negatives to blend natural and manmade forms. Working in cities and small towns, LEE FRIEDLANDER and MARK COHEN captured scenes of a quieter America, one overlooked by the news. At the same time, photographers ARNO RAFAEL MINKKINEN and FRANCESCA WOODMAN, both educated at Rhode Island School of Design, altered accepted norms of self-portraiture forever, working in the natural world and found indoor spaces.

 

Inside Outside: The 1970s in Black and White features works by Parker, Uelsmann, Friedlander, Cohen, Minkkinen and Woodman. Also included in the show are photographs by IRVING PENN, HARRY CALLAHAN, RANDAL LEVENSON, JUDY DATER, MIROSLAV TICHY, LYNNE COHEN, CARL CHIARENZA, PAUL ICKOVIC, and DOUGLAS PRINCE. In addition, unforgettable images by Pulitzer Prize-winning photographer STANLEY FORMAN will be on display.

 

An opening reception at Ars Libri will be held on Friday, January 4, from 5:30 to 7:30 PM. The general public is welcome; light refreshments will be served.

 

 

The ROBERT KLEIN GALLERY was established in 1980 and ranks among the world's most prestigious showrooms of fine art photography. Participating in international art fairs such as Paris Photo, Art Miami, and The AIPAD Photography Show New York, the Robert Klein Gallery provides its contemporary artists with international exposure while exhibiting works by recognized masters such as Edward Weston, Imogen Cunningham, and Irving Penn. The Gallery maintains an extensive and ever-changing inventory of nineteenth century, twentieth century, and contemporary photographs. With 40 combined years of experience and a profound knowledge base, the gallery staff is committed to serving a resource for both novice and seasoned collectors.

 

ARS LIBRI, the internationally renowned rare bookdealer in the field of art, architecture, and photography, continues to show changing selections from its stock in its gallery at 500 Harrison Avenue. These include rare illustrated books, photographs, posters, and documents of Dada, Surrealism, Expressionism, Pop, Fluxus, and other modern art movements, as well as Renaissance and Baroque architectural treatises, Islamic manuscripts, nineteenth century photographs, and classic livres d'artiste by Picasso and Matisse.

 

 

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(top) FRANCESCA WOODMAN, Untitled, "Patterns" (variant from Some Disordered Geometries), New York, 1980-1981

(bottom) LEE FRIEDLANDER, Albuquerque, New Mexico, 1972

 

 

 

Please contact Maja at the Robert Klein Gallery with any inquiries at

maja@robertkleingallery.com