Sally Mann: A Thousand Crossings March 3–May 27, 2019
Sally Mann, Easter Dress, 1986, gelatin silver print, Patricia and David Schulte. © Sally Mann
Sally Mann, Deep South, Untitled (Stick), 1998, gelatin silver print, printed 1999, courtesy of the New Orleans Museum of Art, collection of H. Russell Albright, M.D. © Sally Mann
Installation view of Sally Mann: A Thousand Crossings.
Sally Mann, St. Paul African Methodist Episcopal, 2008–16, gelatin silver print, collection of the artist. © Sally Mann
Sally Mann, Triptych, 2004, gelatin silver prints, the Sir Elton John Photography Collection. © Sally Mann
Sally Mann, On the Maury, 1992, gelatin silver print, private collection. © Sally Mann
Sally Mann, Last Light, 1990, gelatin silver print, Joseph M. Cohen Family Collection. © Sally Mann
Sally Mann, Blackwater 25, 2008–12, tintype, collection of the artist. © Sally Mann
R. Kim Rushing, Sally with Camera, c. 1998, gelatin silver print, collection of Sally Mann.
Installation view of Sally Mann: A Thousand Crossings.
► Información en español sobre la exposición
Photographer Sally Mann explores what it means to be Southern. For more than 40 years, Mann (born 1951) has made experimental, hauntingly beautiful photographs that address overarching themes of existence: memory, desire, death, and the bonds of family. Sally Mann: A Thousand Crossings is the first major retrospective of the celebrated artist’s career.
This internationally traveling exhibition investigates how Mann’s relationship with her native Virginia, a place rich in literary and artistic traditions yet troubled by history, has shaped her work. Featuring over 120 images organized into five sections—family, landscape, battlefields, legacy, mortality—A Thousand Crossings shows how the American South emerges within Mann’s work as a powerful and provocative force that continues to shape American identity and experience.
Sally Mann: A Thousand Crossings | March 3–May 27, 2019
► Publication
The illustrated exhibition catalogue is available through the MFA Shop (713.639.7360) and the Museum’s Hirsch Library (713.639.7325).
► Concurrent Exhibition
Odyssey: Jack Whitten Sculpture, 1963–2017
This exhibition is organized by the National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C., and the Peabody Essex Museum, Salem, Massachusetts.
Generous funding for this exhibition is provided by The Margaret Cooke Skidmore Exhibition Endowment.
Generous support for this exhibition is provided by:
Anne Levy Charitable Trust
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