Japan's 'Floating World' offers parallels to our own
By Alex Rich | May 5, 2003In a Hood Museum exhibition, woodblock prints portray Tokugawa-era courtesans and kabuki stars
In a Hood Museum exhibition, woodblock prints portray Tokugawa-era courtesans and kabuki stars
American photographer Fazal Sheikh seeks out his subjects' back story in a new Hood exhibition
The artist puts early photos by Frances Benjamin Harrison in a new artistic and social context
Photography is by no means restricted to a single representation or interpretation of reality. Instead, photographs gain much of their power from their ability to subtly engage their audience.
'Decade of Modernism' highlights revolutionary artists during pivotal years in art: 1910-1920
The enticement of looking beyond the familiar and re-examining the world from new perspectives lies at the heart of the work of Mexican painter, Jos Clemente Orozco.
Photojournalist Chester Higgins, Jr. visited the Hood Museum Friday to discuss his numerous acheivements in his field. "It does not matter to me what a person or a thing looks like," Higgins said.
For years, Dartmouth student artists have been trying to find an adequate and accessible space to display their work.
Images often speak much louder than words. In describing history, photographs tell many stories, both personal and universal, about the scenes they capture and about the people they depict. Inherent in photography, too, are the photographers themselves.
Not many people can look at a rotted tree trunk and sense its potential for artistic expression. Not everyone is Mel Kendrick. In the Hood Museum of Art's new exhibition, "Mel Kendrick: Core Samples," Kendrick, a contemporary sculptor, presents nine of his sculptures, created over the past two years.