Research Catalog

Taking a different tack : Maggie Sherwood and the floating foundation of photography / exhibition organized by Beth E. Wilson.

Title
Taking a different tack : Maggie Sherwood and the floating foundation of photography / exhibition organized by Beth E. Wilson.
Author
Sherwood, Maggie.
Publication
New Paltz, NY : Samuel Dorsky Museum of Art, 2009.

Items in the Library & Off-site

Filter by

1 Item

StatusFormatAccessCall NumberItem Location
Request for On-site UseRequest Scan
How do I pick up this item and when will it be ready?
TextRequest in advance Off-site

Details

Additional Authors
  • Wilson, Beth E.
  • Schoen, Steven C.
  • Samuel Dorsky Museum of Art host institution.
Description
64 p.
Summary
"N 1969, photographer Maggie Sherwood--whose circle included notables such as W. Eugene Smith, Lisette Model, Arthur Tress, Lilo Raymond, and David Vestal--bought and renovated a houseboat where she staged photography shows that received significant critical attention. Painted purple and moored at the 79th Street Boat Basin, the Floating Foundation of Photography, as it came to be known, was not only a unique space for artists to meet and discuss their work but also became a mobile exhibit space as it chugged (or was towed) to just about any community with a functional dock along the Hudson River. Taken together, the Foundation's collection documents the historical, political, and aesthetic contexts of the turbulent 1970s and early 1980s, and this exhibition catalogue includes more than fifty photographs as well as essays by well-known photography critic A.D. Coleman and exhibition curator Beth E. Wilson."--Publisher's descruption
Alternative Title
Maggie Sherwood and the Floating Foundation of Photography
Subject
  • Sherwood, Maggie > Exhibitions
  • Sherwood, Maggie
  • Samuel Dorsky Museum of Art > Exhibitions
  • Samuel Dorsky Museum of Art
Genre/Form
Exhibition catalogs
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references (pages 62-63).
Processing Action (note)
  • committed to retain
Contents
Preface/intro / Sara Pasti/Brian Wallace -- Moored and adrift : Maggie Sherwood and the Floating Foundation of Photography / A.D. Coleman -- Captain Maggie and the boat : a brief history of the Floating Foundation of Photography / Beth E. Wilson -- Photography is a magical medium- / Steven C. Schoen -- Freedom isn't only for the birds / Beth E. Wilson -- Images -- Exhibition checklist -- Acknowledgements / Beth E. Wilson.
ISBN
9780615258331
OCLC
  • 468974217
  • SCSB-9953917
Owning Institutions
Harvard Library