Aperture Panel: Abstraction in Photography

JUL 08 WED: 07:00pm; Hammer Lectures

: Penelope Umbrico Suns from Flickr; Richard Caldicott Untitled # 118 1999; Roland Fischer; Silvio Wolf; Silvio Wolf; Susan Rankaitis Gold Science Ghost Drawing #2; Susan Rankaitis Brain

Aperture Panel: Abstraction in Photography

From the beginning, abstraction has been intrinsic to photography, and its persistent popularity reveals much about the medium. Artists Susan Rankaitis and James Welling and UCLA Associate Professor of Art History George Baker debate a host of approaches to the abstract photographic experience in this panel discussion moderated by Lyle Rexer, the author of The Edge of Vision: The Rise of Abstraction in Photography.

Formed in 1952, Aperture Foundation aims to foster the development and appreciation of the photographic medium and its practitioners.

For more information visit www.aperture.org

ALL HAMMER PUBLIC PROGRAMS ARE FREE. Tickets are required, and are available at the Billy Wilder Theater Box Office one hour prior to start time. Limit one ticket per person on a first come, first served basis. Hammer members receive priority seating, subject to availability. Reservations not accepted, RSVPs not required.

Parking is available under the museum for $3 after 6:00p.m.

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Public programs are made possible, in part, by a major gift from Ann and Jerry Moss.

Additional support is provided by Bronya and Andrew Galef, Good Works Foundation and Laura Donnelley, an anonymous donor, and the Hammer Programs Committee.