Current exhibits

CURRENT EXHIBITS

PHOTO/REALISM
From the Permanent Collection
Through September 21, 2008
American artists and art patrons have always had a fascination for realism. This exhibition spans realist trends in painting, photography and printmaking from the 18th to the 21st centuries. Among the artists are: Steven Assael, Mary Borgman, John Linton Chapman, Chuck Close, Audrey Flack, Robert Gates, Todd Hido, Joseph Hirsch, Edward Hopper, Eastman Johnson, Brittain McJunkin, Rubens Peale, Lilla Cabot Perry, Philip Pearlstein, Levi Prentice, John Sloan and William Sonntag.








Image Credit:
Chuck Close (b. 1940)
Phil II
Handmade paper, 1982


Clarence Sinclaire Bull, Greta Garbo, ca. 1931, Gelatin Silver print, courtesy of George Eastman HouseThe Best of Photography and Film
from the George Eastman House Collection
July 5 through September 14, 2008
Organized by the George Eastman House
Reception: July 17, 6 to 8 pm, free and open to the public

This comprehensive exhibition of more than 200 images will take visitors on a journey through the history of photography and film, beginning with William Henry Fox Talbot’s 1845 salted paper print of lace to Jeff Mermelstein’s 9/11 photo of the Statue of Liberty. From the Eastman House’s world renowned photography collection, The Best of Photography and Film includes iconic images such as Mathew Brady’s portrait of Abraham Lincoln, the first photograph of lightning by William Jennings, Alfred Stieglitz’s The Steerage, Dorothea Lange’s Migrant Mother, Edward Weston’s Pepper No. 30, and Ansel Adam’s Moonrise Hernandez.

Representing motion pictures are film clips such as Peter Pan (1924), The Lost Horizon (1925), The Phantom of the Opera (1925) and The Fall of the House of Usher (1928); thirty celebrity portraits of legends such as Greta Garbo, Elizabeth Taylor, Spencer Tracy and James Stewart; and a timeline of the career of Buster Keaton. The exhibition is organized by the George Eastman House International Museum of Photography and Film in Rochester, NY. 

Image Credit:
Clarence Sinclaire Bull (American, 1895-1979)
Greta Garbo, ca. 1931
Gelatin silver print
Courtesy of George Eastman House 


sponsored by Robinson & McElwee, PLLC

Downtown Charleston ArtWalk
The ArtWalk showcases Charleston’s thriving art scene presenting the best of local, regional and nationally recognized artists. Join us at the Center for free public receptions in the art gallery from 5 — 9 pm on Thursday, July 17.   
Sponsored by: The Collectors Club