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University of Washington

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2008 Exhibitions:

Outta My Light!: Picturing the Processes of Photography
Dec 5,2008–Jun 28,2009
Adaptation
Nov 22,2008–Mar 22,2009
Henry Art Gallery Adaptation YouTube Challenge
Nov 22,2008–Mar 22,2009
Richard Misrach: On the Beach
Oct 11,2008–Jan 18,2009
Liz Magor: The Mouth and other storage facilities
Sep 13,2008–Dec 14,2008
Roman Holiday
Aug 5,2008–Nov 30,2008
Matthew Buckingham: Play the Story
Jul 12,2008–Sep 21,2008
The Violet Hour
Jun 21,2008–Oct 12,2008
Rauschenberg: Booster
Jun 21,2008–Oct 7,2008
Master of Fine Arts, 2008
May 17,2008–Jun 15,2008
Josiah McElheny: The Last Scattering Surface
Apr 5,2008–Aug 17,2008
Somebody
Apr 1,2008–Aug 3,2008
Kader Attia: New Work
Feb 29,2008–May 25,2008
Dawn Cerny: We’re all going to die (except for you).
Jan 26,2008–Apr 27,2008
Jean-Luc Mylayne
Jan 26,2008–Apr 27,2008
Silver See, a Portfolio of Photography from Los Angeles
Jan 3,2008–Mar 30,2008
Kazuyo Sejima + Ryue Nishizawa / SANAA
Nov 30,2007–Mar 2,2008
Kim Jones: A Retrospective
Oct 20,2007–Jan 27,2008
Light Reign, James Turrell Skyspace
Permanent Installation

Roman Holiday

North Galleries

August 5, 2008 – November 30, 2008

Image 1 / 2: Giorgio Sommer. Campidoglio (Roma) (Capitoline Hill, Rome).

Image 2 / 2: Robert MacPherson. Untitled (Roman Forum)..

Roman Holiday presents a selection of photographs that highlight the capitol of Italy: extensive Roman ruins; the great pilgrimage churches; and extraordinary works of art. Although concerned about providing characteristic tourist images that would sell, photographers such as Robert MacPherson, Giorgio Sommer, and James Anderson inevitably put their own unique vision into the archetypal images they produced. By pulling together a range of beautiful images collected over the years by Professors Joseph and Elaine Monsen, this exhibition allows a virtual tour of the Eternal City, as well as a reminder of the visual pleasures of early nineteenth century photography.

Curated by Henry Art Gallery Chief Curator Elizabeth Brown.

Roman Holiday is drawn from the Joseph and Elaine Monsen Collection of Photography.

Featured artists: Robert MacPherson, Giorgio Sommer, Antonio DAlessandri, Eugène Constant, Guiseppi Ninci, James Anderson, Douglas Huebler, Gioacchino Altobelli

Image 1: Giorgio Sommer. Campidoglio (Roma) (Capitoline Hill, Rome). c. 1870s. Albumen print Henry Art Gallery, extended loan of Joseph and Elaine Monsen, EL 79/151.

Image 2: Robert MacPherson. Untitled (Roman Forum).. c.1860.. Albumen Print Henry Art Gallery, Mosen Study Collection of Photography

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