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A New and Mysterious Art @ Howard Greenberg Gallery

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A New and Mysterious Art
September 15 – October 29, 2016

The pre-industrial period from 1839 (when photography was invented) through the 1860s was a seminal time, when the pioneers of the medium used experimental, hand-fabricated methods to capture light. The resulting images had an immediacy and unpredictability that drew attention to the illusory nature of the nascent endeavor. The title of the exhibition at Howard Greenberg Gallery is drawn from an 1857 essay about the relationship between art and photography by Lady Elizabeth Eastlake, a British author, art critic and art historian. She wrote, “It is now more than fifteen years ago that specimens of a new and mysterious art were first exhibited to our wondering gaze.”

Howard Greenberg Gallery
41 East 57th Street, Suite 1406, New York


Location: New York, New York City, United States Type:

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