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Committed to the Image: Contemporary Black Photographers

Dates: February 16, 2001 through April 29, 2001
Organizing Department: Prints, Drawings and Photographs
Collections: Photography

Press Releases

Press Coverage of this Exhibition

PHOTOGRAPHY REVIEW; Nihilists Beware: A Swath of Black Life, 'Family of Man' StyleFebruary 16, 2001 By HOLLAND COTTERHolland Cotter reviews work of contemporary black photographers in show at Brooklyn Museum; photos (M)
Critic's Notebook; Making and Taking Offense, Elevated to Art FormFebruary 16, 2001 By MICHAEL KIMMELMANMichael Kimmelman assesses latest brouhaha at Brooklyn Museum, this time sparked by five-panel photograph by Renee Cox, a black, in which Cox, naked, poses as figure of Jesus; exhibition prompts Mayor Giuliani to decry 'pattern of anti-Catholicism' at Brooklyn Museum, and to call for 'task force or a commission' to set 'decency standards' for those institutions that use taxpayers' money (M)
Amid Strong Debate, Mild Curiosity at the ExhibitionFebruary 17, 2001 By NICHOLE M. CHRISTIANVisitors to Brooklyn Museum ask to see photograph Yo Mama's Last Supper, which has caused uproar, prompting New York City Mayor Rudolph Giuliani to try to shut down exhibition; most viewers say they find it more perplexing than provocative; photo (M)
ART GUIDEFebruary 23, 2001 "A selective listing by critics of The New York Times of new or noteworthy art, design and photography exhibitions at New York museums and art galleries this weekend. Addresses, unless otherwise noted, are in Manhattan. Most galleries are closed on Sundays and Mondays, but hours vary and should be checked by telephone. Gallery admission is free. *..."
ART IN REVIEW; Ming Smith -- 'In the Spirit of Jazz'February 23, 2001 By HOLLAND COTTERHolland Cotter reviews exhibition of photographs by Ming Smith at Tribes Gallery (S)
Mfon Essien -- Photographer, 34February 23, 2001 Mfon Essien, photographer, dies at age 34 (S)
ART GUIDEMarch 2, 2001 "A selective listing by critics of The New York Times of new or noteworthy art, design and photography exhibitions at New York museums and art galleries this weekend. Addresses, unless otherwise noted, are in Manhattan. Most galleries are closed on Sundays and Mondays, but hours vary and should be checked by telephone. Gallery admission is free. *..."
ART IN REVIEW; 'Material and Matter' -- John BankstonMarch 9, 2001 By HOLLAND COTTERHolland Cotter reviews permanent-collection show at Studio Museum in Harlem; photo; also reviews small solo show on San Francisco artist John Bankston (S)
ART GUIDEMarch 9, 2001 "A selective listing by critics of The New York Times of new or noteworthy art, design and photography exhibitions at New York museums and art galleries this weekend. Addresses, unless otherwise noted, are in Manhattan. Most galleries are closed on Sundays and Mondays, but hours vary and should be checked by telephone. Gallery admission is free. *..."
ART GUIDEMarch 16, 2001 "A selective listing by critics of The New York Times of new or noteworthy art, design and photography exhibitions at New York museums and art galleries this weekend. Addresses, unless otherwise noted, are in Manhattan. Most galleries are closed on Sundays and Mondays, but hours vary and should be checked by telephone. Gallery admission is free. *..."

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Prints, Drawings and Photographs

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Exhibitions: Committed to the Image: Contemporary Black Photographers

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