The Davison Art Center’s exhibit, “(Re)viewing Bodies: Selected American Photographs, 1930-2000,” opened on Feb. 7 in the DAC gallery. The show is curated by students who took the course ARHA 360, Museum Studies, taught in fall 2012 by Clare Rogan, curator of the Davison Art Center. Hyunjin Chelsey Cho ’13, pictured, is one of the student curators who helped opening attendees navigate the gallery.Alexa Burzinski ’15 spoke about organizing the “(Re)viewing Bodies” exhibit. Topics of the show include the abstracted or fragmented body, the body and labor, the body and performance, the body in social situations and the body in pain. Photographers include Diane Arbus, Larry Burrows, Kevin Bubriski, Harry Callahan, Judy Dater, Gordon Parks and Jerry Uelsmann.The exhibition examines the ways 20th-century American photographers have represented the body, whether as subject or compositional element. Pictured, Virgil Taylor ’15 discussed his knowledge from his Museum Studies course. Other student curators included Alexa Chiapetta ’13, Oliver Citrin ’14, Aria Danaparamita ’13, Philip Dinolfo ’14, Rachel Pei Hirsch ’15, Sewon Kang ’14, Sydney Lowe ’13, Matias Seijas ’13, Ariana Todd ’13 and Tessa Young ’13. (Photos by Hannah Norman ’16)
The Davison Art Center gallery, located at 301 High Street, is open noon to 4 p.m. Tuesday through Sunday. The gallery is open to the public free of charge.
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