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TINA BARA AND ALBA D'URBANO

TINA BARA AND ALBA D’URBANO

A Question(ing) of Gesture

This expansive exploration of gesture – a wink, a nod, a shrug – is a unique and rich convergence of performance art, visual art, video, literary art, architecture, and theater, led by Tina Bara and Alba D’Urbano, professors at the Academy of Visual Arts in Leipzig.

ANDOR VON BARSY

ANDOR VON BARSY

Photographer in Rotterdam 1927-42

Though known mostly for his films, the German-Hungarian photographer Andor von Barsy’s (1899 – 1965) began in 1930 to take dynamic photos of the harbors of Rotterdam, aiming his camera at cranes and bridges to capture a dynamic image of modern steel construction.

CHARIF BENHELIMA

CHARIF BENHELIMA

Harlem on My Mind – I was, I am

Living in Harlem from 1999-2002, Belgian-Moroccan photographer Charif Benhelima creates this personal and powerful document of Harlem, degraded and almost deserted, a landscape of spattered walls, shadowy figures, dirty streets and battered buildings.

JUTTA BENZENBERG

JUTTA BENZENBERG

Ahead with the Past

The poverty-stricken nation of Albania was the most mysterious of Iron Curtain countries; closed-off to visitors, it was governed by ruthless dictators who were followers of Chairman Mao.