Rudy Burckhardt's Maine
Curated by Vincent Katz
Welcome
Rudy Burckhardt (1914-1999) is best known for his photography of New York and other cities. His signature image explores the quirks of modern urban life, in particular the exuberant life of the streets from the perspective of the pedestrian. He is also celebrated for canonical portraits of New York artists at work, and for his film and collaborations with leading artists, poets and musicians of the New York School. This exhibition, however, shows the private, meditative, less known side of Burkhardt's creative personality, what guest curator Vincent Katz describes as "that essential base of solace that facilitated the cosmpolitan flâneur."
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Rudy by Vivien Bittencourt, 1996 |
The New York Studio School would like to thank Vincent Katz for all his work in connection with this exhibition, the accompanying website and other related programming. The School is also very much in debt to Yvonne Jacquette, widow of the artist and trustee of the estate of Edwin Denby. Thanks are furthermore extended to Hugh Gourley and Dan Rosenfeld, past and present directors respectively of Colby College Museum of Art, Maine, which initiated this exhibition in Summer 2002. Our exhibition is presented concurrently with Rudy Burckhardt: New York Photographs at Tibor de Nagy Gallery (May 1 to June 6) whose directors, Andrew Arnot and Eric Brown, have extended many kindnesses to the School during the preparation of this show. We are also grateful to Maurice Peterson for his sensitive design of this website, and to Lawrence Sunden for his design of the announcement card. The students who made the fine installation of our show possible were Toby Bartles, Suzanne Guppy, Erin Koch, Sam Payne, Saha Satyakam, Jessica E. Smith and Jen Wechsler.
Graham Nickson
Dean
David Cohen
Gallery Director
Introduction »
Introduction Rudy Burckhardt’s Maine an exhibition of photographs, paintings & films New York Studio School May 8 to June 21, 2003 Curated by Vincent Katz At dusk in Puglia, down in the heel of Italy’s boot, I ascended a hill and watched the rocks and field, the field across bisected ...
Mobile Homes »
Normal 0 0 1 1099 6266 52 12 7695 11.1282 0 0 0 Mobile Homes: The Art of Rudy Burckhardt by Vincent Katz I. Introductory Remarks Rudy Burckhardt's gift, as an artist and a person, has been always to maintain a balance between rebellion and tradition. His has been a ...
Checklist »
Evening Sky, 1950s gelatin silver print, 3 x 4 inches Estate of Rudy Burckhardt, courtesy Tibor de Nagy Gallery, New York Country Window, ca. 1955 gelatin silver print, 4 x 3 inches Estate of Rudy Burckhardt, courtesy Tibor de Nagy Gallery, New York Tree and Farm, ca. 1955 gelatin silver ...
Anthology »
Normal 0 0 1 656 3744 31 7 4597 11.1282 0 0 0 Three texts by Rudy Burckhardt appear here, statements about his work in different media and an account of his friendship with Edwin Denby: 1. How I think I made some of my photos and paintings 2. ...
Poetry »
Normal 0 0 1 235 1340 11 2 1645 11.1282 0 0 0 Independent Day This poem was first published in New York Hello! (1990, Ommation Press), a book of photographs by Rudy Burckhardt and poems by Vincent Katz. Walking through a field in the rain with a blue umbrella, ...
Rudy Burckhardt Biography »
1914 Born in Basel, Switzerland to Rudolph Burckhardt and Esther Iselin. 1928 Father died at age 52. 1929 Age 15, made pinhole camera and took first photograph. 1933 Traveled to London to study medicine but didn’t pursue course. Began first series of city photographs. 1934 Met Edwin Denby, American dance ...
End Matter »
Compiled by Vicki Hudspith, Vincent Katz, and Jacob Burckhardt 1. 145 West 21 (1936, 10 minutes, black and white, silent, with Paul Bowles, Aaron Copland, Edwin Denby, John Latouche, Virgil Thomson) 2. Seeing the World--Part One: A Visit to New York (1937, 10 minutes, black and white, sound, with Joseph ...