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Object Information
<SPAN><SPAN STYLE="color:#878888">Gallery label for </SPAN><SPAN STYLE="font-style:italic;color:#878888">Light/Dark, White/Black</SPAN><SPAN STYLE="color:#878888">, January </SPAN><SPAN STYLE="color:#878888">17</SPAN><SPAN STYLE="color:#878888"> - July 31, 201</SPAN><SPAN STYLE="color:#878888">5</SPAN><SPAN STYLE="color:#878888"><BR/></SPAN><SPAN STYLE="color:#878888"><BR/></SPAN>Rays of sunlight passing through the cracked doors of a Venetian church form a cross-like shape, while the dark interior space provides a seductively pure black backdrop. Perhaps one of the most powerful images among Ray Metzker’s early work, Venice was taken during the photographer’s own version of the Grand Tour. After completing his graduate work at the Institute of Design in Chicago, where he was immersed in the legacy of Bauhaus master László Moholy-Nagy while studying with accomplished photographers Harry Callahan and Aaron Siskind, Metzker decided to fulfill his dream of traveling to Europe. While he spent a considerable amount of his time in Innsbruck, Austria, he also drove across the continent from Scandinavia, Germany, and England to Yugoslavia, and from Hungary and Italy to Portugal, photographing continuously with a 35mm Leica. Reflecting on this period, Metzker noted the importance of this photograph as a landmark in the development of his aesthetics. <BR/><BR/>Kelley Tialiou <BR/>Charles H. Sawyer Curatorial Assistant | Librarian | Archivist</SPAN>
Exhibition History
This object was included in the following exhibitions:
Light/Dark, White/Black, Addison Gallery of American Art, 1/17/2015 - 7/31/2015The Deception of Perception: Exploring Distortion and Ambiguity in Photography [Phillips Academy Art 300], Addison Gallery of American Art, 11/15/2016 - 3/5/2017
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