seeing is believing

The Museum had a grand opening Friday night for their new photography show Only Skin Deep. It's being shown in conjunction with the Museum of Photographic Arts(MoPA), where I taught this summer. It is traveling around the country, curated by the ICP. It's a huge retrospective on various ways race has been photographed/imaged in America.

Lots of delicious food, Beaujolais, and a young(!!!) art loving crowd. The most exciting moment of the night, and I am including seeing a newly released Cindy Sherman series in blackface, migrant mother, Danny Lyons, Bruce Davidson in this, was walking intoa gallery and seeing a huge installation by Delilah Montoya! It was a piece that has evolved from work that she did while I studied with her at Hampshire.

Seeing the work of someone I know, someone I watched work, in this venue was amazing. It's the right spark to kick me off into finding places(on a smaller scale of course) to exhibit. So, here's to inpiration.