Denton Modernism: 1940 – 1980
Exhibition Dates: August 26 – October 7, 2023
Artist Reception: Saturday, August 26, 2023
From 5 – 8 pm
This remarkable history of a small-town college in North Texas is a great story that PDNB Gallery will help illustrate with the opening exhibition of their Fall season, Denton Modernism: 1940 – 1980.
As a gallery that specializes in photography and photo-based art, it has become very familiar with the important artist, Carlotta Corpron, who was one of the students of Modernism at Columbia University that taught at TWU. Carlotta’s photographs have long been documented in the history of photography.
Paintings and photographs by various artists from this era in Denton will be included: Carlotta Corpron, Ida Lansky, Barbara Maples, TWU teacher Edith Brisac, Clarence Tripp and more. Institute of Design artist and teacher, György Kepes, will also be included. He was a friend and mentor of Carlotta’s, and the work exhibited will show the thread of abstraction that Carlotta weaves into her own art and teaching.
Image: Carlotta Corpron, A Walk in Fair Park, 1943, Gelatin Silver Print
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