Martin Z. Margulies has avidly collected photographs for over 20 years, and this exhibition, American Scene Photography, is drawn from his extensive collection. The Margulies collection reflects Mr. Margulies’s own interest in the human condition. This is especially evident in his collection of photographs from the first decades of the 20th century to the present, documenting the character of America, the beauty and expansiveness of its landscape, and the diversity of its people, cities, streets, and homes. These images offer new ways to consider the U.S. both in the past and present.
The Margulies collection is unsurpassed in its vast holdings of vintage photographs by Lewis Hine, Walker Evans, and Dorothea Lange, whose photographs of poverty, working conditions, and vanishing rural life were instrumental in bringing about social change and inspired generations of documentary photographers. Berenice Abbott, Weegee, William Eggleston, and Lee Friedlander are among the mid-20th-century photographers represented in depth, while contemporary photographers such as Cindy Sherman, Gregory Crewdson, Miles Coolidge, Alec Soth, and Justine Kurland provide new visions of American life and landscape and expand the very nature of photography. This exhibition , which is curated by NSU Museum of Art Director and Chief Curator Bonnie Clearwater, is on view during Art Basel Miami Beach in December 2014.
Exhibitions at NSU Museum of Art Fort Lauderdale are made possible in part by a challenge grant from the David and Francie Horvitz Family Foundation.
Funding for this exhibition is provided in part by the Broward County Board of County Commissioners as recommended by the Broward Cultural Council and Greater Fort Lauderdale Convention & Visitors Bureau.
Sponsored in part by the State of Florida, Department of State, Division of Cultural Affairs and the Florida Council on Arts and Culture.
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