We are very pleased to announce that two Pratt lounges will be featured at this year's METRO Show. The lounges were designed by a team of faculty, undergraduate and graduate students from the Department of Interior Design at Pratt Institute in Brooklyn, NY, which is committed to social and environmental responsibility. More
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Power Objects and The Rise of Anonymous |
| Lecture 10 AM 4th Floor Lecture Hall | |
John Foster will discuss his 30-year search for objects of art that mainstream art museums have largely ignored. From the genres of folk art to self-taught art, to anonymous objects he describes as having "power and mystery," Foster will present images from his collection as well as those of others whose objects he co-curated with Roger Manley in the 2012 exhibition "Art Without Artists," at NC State University. Additionally, he is one of the top collectors of the emerging genre called vernacular photography, or "orphaned anonymous snapshots" that, with Foster's eye, verge on the extraordinary. It was with this particular collection in mind that Art & Antiques magazine included Foster in its list of the “Top One-Hundred Art Collectors in the United States" in 2005. |
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| John Foster, independent curator and collector | |
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