Exhibitions: Looking Back from Ground Zero: Images from the Brooklyn Museum Collection

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  June 2006: Commemorating the fifth anniversary of the September 11, 2001 attack on the World Trade Center, Looking Back from Ground Zero: Images from the Brooklyn Museum Collection, an exhibition at the Brooklyn Museum, will be on view August 30, 2006–January 7, 2007. Drawn from the Museum’s collections, it includes photographs, paintings, drawings, books, and prints. Ranging from 19th-century vintage photographs to contemporary works, the exhibition focuses on the lower Manhattan area around the World Trade Center before, during, and after the attack. In addition to historical maps of Manhattan, the exhibition includes several books by artists reflecting issues related to September 11th. The books on view, including the work of Art Spiegelman and Mimi Gross, offer a variety of artists’ personal responses to the 9/11 event and its global aftereffect.
  
  Among the works on view are photographs by the photojournalist G.N. Miller, who covered the collapse of the towers for the New York Post. In contrast to Miller’s tragic photographs, images by Berenice Abbot, Consuelo Kanaga, and Dr. Drahomir Ruzicka capture New York City’s urban progress during the 1930s, 40s, and 50s. Gerard Maynard presents an optimistic reconstruction of the World Trade Center site in his photograph WTC 11.11.03.
  
  Looking Back from Ground Zero: Images from the Brooklyn Museum Collection, is being co-organized by Marilyn Kushner, Curator and Chair, Department of Prints, Drawings, and Photographs, and Deirdre E. Lawrence, Principal Librarian/Coordinator of Research Services.
  
  This exhibition is made possible in part by Independence Community Foundation and other generous contributors.

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Press Coverage of this Exhibition

• MY CITY; Remembrance of Downtown PastSeptember 1, 2006 By HOLLAND COTTERHolland Cotter My City article on art scene during his time living in Lower Manhattan in 1970's; notes exhibition Looking Back From Ground Zero at Brooklyn Museum; map; photos (L)
• Spare TimesSeptember 8, 2006 "Attractions Museums and Sites HISTORIC RICHMOND TOWN, Staten Island Historical Society, 441 Clarke Avenue, Richmond Town. More than 25 buildings, from the late 17th to the 19th centuries, restored and furnished. Tomorrow and Sunday, 11 a.m. to 7 p.m., the 27th Annual Richmond County Fair, with a parade on Sunday at 1 p.m., and food, entertainment..."
• The Listings: Sept. 15 - Sept. 21September 15, 2006 "Selective listings by critics of The New York Times of new and noteworthy cultural events in the Northeast this week. * denotes a highly recommended film, concert, show or exhibition. Theater Approximate running times are in parentheses. Theaters are in Manhattan unless otherwise noted. Full reviews of current shows, additional listings, show times..."
• The Listings: Sept. 22 - Sept. 28September 22, 2006 "Selective listings by critics of The New York Times of new and noteworthy cultural events in the New York metropolitan region this week. * denotes a highly recommended film, concert, show or exhibition. Theater Approximate running times are in parentheses. Theaters are in Manhattan unless otherwise noted. Full reviews of current shows, additional..."
• The Listings: Sept. 29 - Oct. 5September 29, 2006 "Selective listings by critics of The New York Times of new and noteworthy cultural events in the New York metropolitan region this week. * denotes a highly recommended film, concert, show or exhibition. Theater Approximate running times are in parentheses. Theaters are in Manhattan unless otherwise noted. Full reviews of current shows, additional..."