John+Gossage

August 27, 2010 – January 17, 2011
The installation of //John Gossage: The Pond// celebrates the recent gift to the museum of this remarkable photographic series and the re-issue of one of the most influential photography books of the past three decades. John Gossage (b. 1946) photographed a small, unnamed pond between Washington, D.C., and Baltimore, Maryland, between 1981 and 1985. The title was intended to recall Henry David Thoreau’s //Walden//, but Gossage advocated a more all-embracing view of the landscape, exploring the less idealized spaces that border America's cities and suburbs. Although many of the images in //The Pond// appear unruly or uncared for, Gossage found moments of grace and elegance in even the most mundane of places.

Thursday, October 14, 2010 at 7 p.m.; conversation with artist John Gossage and Curator Toby Jurovics McEvoy Auditorium
 * Public Program**

[|Exhibition Website] Curator essay (draft):