Collier Schorr: Dec 11

Collier Schorr
Friday, December 11, 6:30 pm
A reception for Ms. Schorr will follow
Institute of Fine Arts, 1 East 78th Street
Space is Limited. RSVP via email: ifa.events@nyu.edu
Please include “Schorr” in email subject

Collier Schorr combines aspects of documentary realism and staged fiction in order to explore the ambiguities of identity, whether sexual, national, or other. She is perhaps best known for her eighteen-year-long project, Forests & Fields, which offers an uncanny portrait of a small German town. Mainly, though not exclusively, acted out by adolescents, Schorr’s series rely on long lasting collaborations with her subjects in order to incorporate her own impressions of their history. More recently, Schorr has also turned her camera to objects and the landscape to explore notions of place and history, as well as more art historical concepts of arrangement and tableau. Although primarily associated with photography, Schorr has expanded into other mediums, including video, drawing, and installation.

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