Thu March 12, 2020
Community Opening for the Exhibition Predicting the Past: Zohar Studio
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Artist Stephen Berkman introduces visitors to his solo exhibition, "Predicting the Past: Zohar Studios, The Lost Years." Berkman shares his insights into the legend of Zohar Studios, a mythopoetic nineteenth-century photography studio in the Lower East Side and discusses the specialized techniques that went into the making of the photographs in the exhibition.
"Predicting the Past: Zohar Studios, The Lost Years" is an original photographic installation by Berkman that conjures a vision of Victorian life on the Lower East Side with all of its idiosyncrasies intact. The exhibition is a tribute to Shimmel Zohar, a nineteenth century Jewish immigrant photographer who founded the enigmatic photographic establishment Zohar Studios in New York City. It presents thirty uncanny photographic prints in elaborate Victorian frames that address both Jewish life and the state of scientific understanding over 100 years ago. The prints are presented within an atmospheric installation that includes ephemera, artifacts, and optical viewing apparatuses.
Stephen Berkman's work revolves around the use of antiquated photographic and optical processes. Working with the wet collodion process since 1997, Berkman's work was featured in the definitive compendium on the revival of historic photography, Photography's Antiquarian Avant-Garde, published by Abrams in 2002 and authored by New York Times contributor Lyle Rexer. In addition to his fine art work, Berkman has been commissioned to create historic photographs for many films and documentaries and is currently is on the film faculty at the Art Center College of Design in Pasadena, California where he has taught since 1995.
FREE with regular admission as follows: Members and youth 18 and under, Free; General Admission, $16; Students with a valid ID and Seniors, $14.
Presented by Contemporary Jewish Museum
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"Predicting the Past: Zohar Studios, The Lost Years" is an original photographic installation by Berkman that conjures a vision of Victorian life on the Lower East Side with all of its idiosyncrasies intact. The exhibition is a tribute to Shimmel Zohar, a nineteenth century Jewish immigrant photographer who founded the enigmatic photographic establishment Zohar Studios in New York City. It presents thirty uncanny photographic prints in elaborate Victorian frames that address both Jewish life and the state of scientific understanding over 100 years ago. The prints are presented within an atmospheric installation that includes ephemera, artifacts, and optical viewing apparatuses.
Stephen Berkman's work revolves around the use of antiquated photographic and optical processes. Working with the wet collodion process since 1997, Berkman's work was featured in the definitive compendium on the revival of historic photography, Photography's Antiquarian Avant-Garde, published by Abrams in 2002 and authored by New York Times contributor Lyle Rexer. In addition to his fine art work, Berkman has been commissioned to create historic photographs for many films and documentaries and is currently is on the film faculty at the Art Center College of Design in Pasadena, California where he has taught since 1995.
FREE with regular admission as follows: Members and youth 18 and under, Free; General Admission, $16; Students with a valid ID and Seniors, $14.
Presented by Contemporary Jewish Museum
Artist Stephen Berkman introduces visitors to his solo exhibition, "Predicting the Past: Zohar Studios, The Lost Years." Berkman shares his insights into the legend of Zohar Studios, a mythopoetic nineteenth-century photography studio in the Lower East Side and discusses the specialized techniques that went into the making of the photographs in the exhibition.
"Predicting the Past: Zohar Studios, The Lost Years" is an original photographic installation by Berkman that conjures a vision of Victorian life on the Lower East Side with all of its idiosyncrasies intact. The exhibition is a tribute to Shimmel Zohar, a nineteenth century Jewish immigrant photographer who founded the enigmatic photographic establishment Zohar Studios in New York City. It presents thirty uncanny photographic prints in elaborate Victorian frames that address both Jewish life and the state of scientific understanding over 100 years ago. The prints are presented within an atmospheric installation that includes ephemera, artifacts, and optical viewing apparatuses.
Stephen Berkman's work revolves around the use of antiquated photographic and optical processes. Working with the wet collodion process since 1997, Berkman's work was featured in the definitive compendium on the revival of historic photography, Photography's Antiquarian Avant-Garde, published by Abrams in 2002 and authored by New York Times contributor Lyle Rexer. In addition to his fine art work, Berkman has been commissioned to create historic photographs for many films and documentaries and is currently is on the film faculty at the Art Center College of Design in Pasadena, California where he has taught since 1995.
FREE with regular admission as follows: Members and youth 18 and under, Free; General Admission, $16; Students with a valid ID and Seniors, $14.
Presented by Contemporary Jewish Museum
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"Predicting the Past: Zohar Studios, The Lost Years" is an original photographic installation by Berkman that conjures a vision of Victorian life on the Lower East Side with all of its idiosyncrasies intact. The exhibition is a tribute to Shimmel Zohar, a nineteenth century Jewish immigrant photographer who founded the enigmatic photographic establishment Zohar Studios in New York City. It presents thirty uncanny photographic prints in elaborate Victorian frames that address both Jewish life and the state of scientific understanding over 100 years ago. The prints are presented within an atmospheric installation that includes ephemera, artifacts, and optical viewing apparatuses.
Stephen Berkman's work revolves around the use of antiquated photographic and optical processes. Working with the wet collodion process since 1997, Berkman's work was featured in the definitive compendium on the revival of historic photography, Photography's Antiquarian Avant-Garde, published by Abrams in 2002 and authored by New York Times contributor Lyle Rexer. In addition to his fine art work, Berkman has been commissioned to create historic photographs for many films and documentaries and is currently is on the film faculty at the Art Center College of Design in Pasadena, California where he has taught since 1995.
FREE with regular admission as follows: Members and youth 18 and under, Free; General Admission, $16; Students with a valid ID and Seniors, $14.
Presented by Contemporary Jewish Museum
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