Feb 01 2020
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Apr 26 2020
Gordon Parks: The New Tide, Early Work 1940-1950

Gordon Parks: The New Tide, Early Work 1940-1950

Presented by Addison Gallery of American Art at Addison Gallery of American Art

​​During the 1940s, American photographer Gordon Parks (1912–2006) grew from a self-taught photographer making portraits and documenting everyday life in Saint Paul and Chicago to a visionary professional shooting for EbonyGlamourSmart Woman, and Life. For the first time, the formative first decade of Parks’s 60-year career is the focus of an exhibition, which brings together 150 photographs and ephemera—including magazines, books, letters, and family pictures. The exhibition will illustrate Parks’s early experiences at the Farm Security Administration, Office of War Information, and Standard Oil (New Jersey), as well as his close relationships with Roy Stryker, Langston Hughes, Richard Wright, and Ralph Ellison and reveal how th​ese helped shape his groundbreaking style. A catalog with extensive new research and previously unpublished images accompanies the exhibition.

The exhibition is curated by Philip Brookman, Consulting Curator, Department of Photographs, National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C., in collaboration with The Gordon Parks Foundation.​ Bank of America is proud to be the national sponsor of ​Gordon Parks: The New Tide, Early Work 1940–1950. ​Generous support for the Addison Gallery’s presentation of this exhibition has been provided by the Sherrill Family Fund, the Francesca S. Woodman Exhibitions Fund, Francis H. Williams and Keris Salmon, and the Robert Mapplethorpe Foundation.

Admission Info

Free Admission

Phone: 978-749-4015

Email: addison@andover.edu

Additional time info:

GALLERY HOURSTuesday–Saturday 10–5, Sunday 1–5; open 10–9 on Wednesdays while Phillips Academy is in session.Closed Mondays, national holidays, December 24, and the month of August.The museum is wheelchair accessible. The Addison is open to the public and free of charge. Addison Gallery of American Art | Phillips Academy3 Chapel Avenue, Andover, MA 01810978.749.4015addison@andover.eduwww.addisongallery.org

Dates & Times

2020/02/01 - 2020/04/26

Location Info

Addison Gallery of American Art

3 Chapel Avenue, Andover, MA 01810

Parking Info

Parking is available on Chapel Avenue, and in the parking lot between Cochran Chapel and the Andover Inn (across the street from the Addison on Chapel Avenue). Nearby on-street parking is available on Bartlet Street. A second parking lot is available behind Graves Hall, across Main Street (accessible via School Street).