Currier Museum of Art
Jerome Liebling: Capturing the Human Spirit
June 19 – September 19, 2010
The Currier unveils the compelling documentary images of the internationally known photographer
and film maker Jerome Liebling. Now eighty-six, Liebling has been drawn to subjects that are powerful in their vivid imagery and artistic conception and convey a poignant sense of humanity and the dignity of human endeavor. Over his remarkable sixty-year career his subjects have included the people and places of the Bronx and Brighton Beach neighborhoods of New York; the stark realities of the slaughterhouses of Saint Paul, Minnesota; and the agricultural workers of the Pioneer Valley of Massachusetts. He continues to expand his artistic vision by employing digital technology to create large, dramatic black and white and color prints (up to 40 x 30 inches) from negatives taken throughout his career. Monumental in scale and masterful in technique, these prints have remarkable clarity and luminous color. They further elevate the definition and authority of photography. |
