“Public, Private, Secret”

At the International Center of Photography through January 8

Above: My Meds, from the Testament series (2009), by Natalie Bookchin. © Natalie Bookchin. Home page/Photography page: Dirty Windows Series #19 (1994), by Merry Alpern. International Center of Photography. © Merry Alpern.

BY: PROVOKR Staff

“Public, Private, Secret” is the inaugural exhibition of the ICP’s new downtown Manhattan home, on view through January 8. “This new space enabled us to respond to our contemporary image environment in different ways,” says ICP’s curator-in-residence Charlotte Cotton. The show creates a physical experience through which to examine photography’s role in breaking and resetting the boundaries of social and personal privacy. Streams of real-time images and videos from various social media sources focus attention toward the social implications of our image-centric world. PROVOKR offers some arresting examples, above and below.

 

Untitled (1979), by Cindy Sherman. International Center of Photography. © Cindy Sherman, courtesy the artist and Metro Pictures.
Untitled (1979), by Cindy Sherman. International Center of Photography. © Cindy Sherman, courtesy the artist and Metro Pictures.

 

Sojourner Truth, by unidentified photographer.
Portrait of Sojourner Truth, by an unidentified photographer.

 

The “Other”: curators: Mark Ghuneim, with Elizabeth Kilroy; graphic design: David Reinfurt; technical design: Jon Bulava and Lily Healy.
The “Other”: curators: Mark Ghuneim, with Elizabeth Kilroy; graphic design: David Reinfurt; technical design: Jon Bulava and Lily Healy.

 

Clock (2016), by David Reinfurt, O-R-G [detail]. © David Reinfurt.
Clock (2016), by David Reinfurt, O-R-G [detail]. © David Reinfurt.

 

Dirty Windows Series #19 (1994), by Merry Alpern. International Center of Photography. © Merry Alpern.
Dirty Windows Series #19 (1994), by Merry Alpern. International Center of Photography. © Merry Alpern.

 

Portrait Landscape (video still) (2015), by John Houck. © John Houck, courtesy of the artist.
Portrait Landscape (video still) (2015), by John Houck. © John Houck, courtesy of the artist.

 

The New Town (2013), Andrew Hammerand. © Andrew Hammerand.
The New Town (2013), by Andrew Hammerand. © Andrew Hammerand.

 

The Revolutionary, from Spirit Is a Bone (2013), by Adam Broomberg and Oliver Chanarin. Courtesy the artists. © Adam Broomberg and Oliver Chanarin.
The Revolutionary, from Spirit Is a Bone (2013), by Adam Broomberg and Oliver Chanarin. © Adam Broomberg and Oliver Chanarin. Courtesy the artists.

 

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