Focus on Photography: Recent Acquisitions
Barney A. Ebsworth Gallery
The Mildred Lane Kemper Art Museum has acquired some exceptional new photographs over the last few years through generous gifts and purchases, which we are pleased to celebrate in the current exhibition Focus on Photography: Recent Acquisitions. The exhibition ranges from historical works by photographers who defined the standards of photographic practice to an international array of contemporary practitioners, including Doug Aitken, Sophie Calle, Louise Lawler, and John Stezaker, who examine and expand the conventional parameters of the medium. Focus on Photography features projects as varied as Edward Curtis’s monumental photogravures of disappearing American Indian tribes in the early twentieth century, Andy Warhol’s Polaroids, which became the basis for silkscreen portraits in the 1970s and 1980s, and David Goldblatt’s critical explorations of the political and economic circumstances of life in South Africa after apartheid. This exhibition offers an exciting opportunity to reflect on the status of photography today and how the medium has expanded to include collage, found objects, installation, video, and digital art.
Focus on Photography is curated by Karen Butler, assistant curator, and will be on view from May 7 to July 26, 2010.
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Support for this exhibition was provided by James M. Kemper, Jr., the David Woods Kemper Memorial Foundation, the Hortense Lewin Art Fund, and members of the Mildred Lane Kemper Art Museum.
Selected works

Andy Warhol
Miguel Berrocal
September 1971
Andy Warhol
Miguel Berrocal
September 1971
Andy Warhol
Miguel Berrocal
September 1971
Andy Warhol
Miguel Berrocal
September 1971
Andy Warhol
Constantiner Karpidis
January 1979
Andy Warhol
Constantiner Karpidis
January 1979
Andy Warhol
Constantiner Karpidis
January 1979
Andy Warhol
Constantiner Karpidis
January 1979
Andy Warhol
Constantiner Karpidis
January 1979
Andy Warhol
Constantiner Karpidis
January 1979
Andy Warhol
Constantiner Karpidis
January 1979
Andy Warhol
Wenzel Beuys
December 1979
Andy Warhol
John and Lorraine Chamberlain
1978
Andy Warhol
Mrs. Carlo Bilotti and Daughter
December 1980
Andy Warhol
Klein Children
September 1983
Andy Warhol
Lars and Laila Crammer
September 1981
Andy Warhol
Lars and Laila Crammer
September 1981
Andy Warhol
Nude Model (Male)
1977
Andy Warhol
Nude Model (Male)
1976
Andy Warhol
Nude Model (Male)
1976
Andy Warhol
Nude Model (Victor Hugo)
1977
Andy Warhol
Nude Model (Male)
1977
Andy Warhol
Nude Model (Male)
1977
Andy Warhol
Nude Model (Male)
1977
Andy Warhol
Nude Models (Man and Victor Hugo), MP
c. 1977
Andy Warhol
Nude Models (Two Men)
c. 1977
Andy Warhol
Frederick Hughes
n.d.
Andy Warhol
John Samuels
1982
Andy Warhol
Bruno Bischofberger and Unidentified Man
n.d.
Andy Warhol
Tom Cashin and Unidentified Man
n.d.
Andy Warhol
John and Lorraine Chamberlain
n.d.
Andy Warhol
John and Lorraine Chamberlain
n.d.
Andy Warhol
Tina Chow and Unidentified Man
n.d.
Andy Warhol
Calvin Klein and Pat Buckley
n.d.
Andy Warhol
Christopher Makos and Unidentified Man
n.d.
Andy Warhol
John Reinhold and Unidentified Man
n.d.
Andy Warhol
Priests, Cops and Guests Standing Outside of Church
n.d.
Andy Warhol
Man Holding Video Camera and Bearded Man Holding Lights on Woman in a Crowded Room
n.d.
Andy Warhol
Perfume
n.d.
Andy Warhol
Halston Ad Campaign / Women's Accessories
May 17, 1982
Andy Warhol
Sidewalk and Buildings
n.d.
Andy Warhol
Building
n.d.
Andy Warhol
Cars Parked
n.d.
Andy Warhol
Stores
n.d.
Andy Warhol
New York Street
April 1, 1982
Andy Warhol
Grace Jones and Unidentified Man
n.d.
Andy Warhol
Window
n.d.
Andy Warhol
Chair
n.d.
Christian Jankowski
Poster Sale
2005
Christian Jankowski
Poster Sale
2005
Christian Jankowski
Poster Sale
2005
Christian Jankowski
Poster Sale
2005
Christian Jankowski
Poster Sale
2005
Christian Jankowski
Poster Sale
2005
Christian Jankowski
Poster Sale
2005
Christian Jankowski
Poster Sale
2005
Christian Jankowski
Poster Sale
2005
Christian Jankowski
Poster Sale
2005
Christian Jankowski
Poster Sale
2005
Christian Jankowski
Poster Sale
2005
Christian Jankowski
Poster Sale
2005
Christian Jankowski
Poster Sale
2005
Christian Jankowski
Poster Sale
2005
Christian Jankowski
Poster Sale
2005
Christian Jankowski
Poster Sale
2005
Christian Jankowski
Poster Sale
2005
Christian Jankowski
Poster Sale
2005
Christian Jankowski
Poster Sale
2005
Christian Jankowski
Poster Sale
2005
Christian Jankowski
Poster Sale
2005
Christian Jankowski
Poster Sale
2005
Christian Jankowski
Poster Sale
2005
Christian Jankowski
Poster Sale
2005
Christian Jankowski
Poster Sale
2005
Christian Jankowski
Poster Sale
2005
Christian Jankowski
Poster Sale
2005
Christian Jankowski
Poster Sale
2005
Christian Jankowski
Poster Sale
2005
Christian Jankowski
Poster Sale
2005
Christian Jankowski
Poster Sale
2005
Christian Jankowski
Poster Sale
2005
Christian Jankowski
Poster Sale
2005
Christian Jankowski
Poster Sale
2005
Doug Aitken
Screens
2005
John Baldessari
Two Compositions (Formal/Informal; Interior/Exterior)
1990
Sophie Calle
Ecrivain public / Public letter writer, Rafaèle Decarpigny, from the series Prenez soin de vous (Take Care of Yourself)
2007
Lucien Clergue
Picasso, Cannes, from the portfolio Selected Images
1955
Lucien Clergue
Harlequin, Arles, from the portfolio Selected Images
1955
Edward Sheriff Curtis
The Apache Reaper
1906
Edward Sheriff Curtis
The Morning Bath—Apache
1906
Andrea Fraser
Untitled (Pollock / Titian) #4
1984/2005
Howard French
Contender 2
2007
Howard French
Eat Your Dinner 2
2006
Howard French
Entropy 2
2007
Howard French
Short Walk 2
2007
Howard French
Spirit Change 2
2007
Howard French
Three Wheel Market 2
2006
David Goldblatt
Abandoned farmhouse near Molteno, Eastern Cape
25 February 2006
David Goldblatt
In the Katkat Valley, near Fort Beaufort
23 February 2006
Doug Hall
Times Square
2004
Christian Jankowski
Poster Sale
2005
Ulrike Kuschel
Kranz (Wreath)
2008
Louise Lawler
Not Yet Titled
2004/2005
Sharon Lockhart
Outside AB Tool Crib: Matt, Mike, Carey, Steven, John, Mel and Karl
2008
Alen MacWeeney
Birds, Bloody Foreland, Donegal, 1967, from the portfolio Selected Images of Ireland
2007
Simone Nieweg
Gepflügter Acker, Neuss-Kapellen (Plowed Field, Neuss-Kapellen)
2001
Georges Rousse
Meisenthal
2002
Georgina Starr
Hypnodreamdruff—The Hungry Brain
1996
John Stezaker
The Bridge XII, from the series Castle
2008
John Stezaker
The Bridge XXIV, from the series Castle
2008
Wolfgang Tillmans
Wald (Briol II) (Forest [Briol II])
2008
Wolfgang Tillmans
Silver 71
2008
Andy Warhol
Maria Shriver
1986
Andy Warhol
Arlette Gordon
1977
Andy Warhol
Arlette Gordon
1977
Andy Warhol
Arlette Gordon
1977
Andy Warhol
Arlette Gordon
1977
Andy Warhol
Arlette Gordon
1977
Andy Warhol
Arlette Gordon
1977
Andy Warhol
Pia Miller
1986
Andy Warhol
Toby Lewis
1984
Andy Warhol
Toby Lewis
1984
Andy Warhol
Toby Lewis
1984
Andy Warhol
Toby Lewis
1984
Andy Warhol
Carolina Herrera
November 1978
Andy Warhol
Sonja, Queen of Norway
May 1982
Andy Warhol
Sonja, Queen of Norway
May 1982
Andy Warhol
Sonja, Queen of Norway
May 1982
Andy Warhol
Johanna Dichand
February 1981
Andy Warhol
Johanna Dichand
February 1981
Andy Warhol
Johanna Dichand
February 1981
Andy Warhol
Johanna Dichand
February 1981
Andy Warhol
Johanna Dichand
February 1981
Andy Warhol
Johanna Dichand
February 1981
Andy Warhol
Johanna Dichand
February 1981
Andy Warhol
Johanna Dichand
February 1981
Andy Warhol
Unidentified Woman (Black Slip)
August 1974
Andy Warhol
Unidentified Woman (Black Slip)
August 1974
Andy Warhol
Unidentified Woman (Black Slip)
August 1974
Andy Warhol
Unidentified Woman (Black Slip)
August 1974
Andy Warhol
Unidentified Woman (Black Slip)
August 1974
Andy Warhol
Frau Buch
December 1980
Andy Warhol
Ladies and Gentlemen (Broadway)
1974
Andy Warhol
Vitas Gerulaitis
1977
Andy Warhol
Vitas Gerulaitis
1977
Andy Warhol
Miguel Berrocal
September 1971
Andy Warhol
Miguel Berrocal
September 1971
Andy Warhol
Miguel Berrocal
September 1971Support
Support for this exhibition was provided by James M. Kemper, Jr., the David Woods Kemper Memorial Foundation, the Hortense Lewin Art Fund, and members of the Mildred Lane Kemper Art Museum.