Wessel + O’Connor Fine Art presents for the first time the work of photographerDavid Graham, through September 27th, 2015. Over the course of his 30 year career, Graham’s work has captured the colorful, sometimes surreal, and often bizarre in America. He has tirelessly traveled the US, seeking out subjects that celebrate our uniquely American sense of freedom of expression, whether in colorful roadside attractions or in everyday people reveling in impersonating famous characters – including Elvis, Betty Davis and George Washington.
This exhibit focuses on portraits of the many different personalities he has encountered along the way. David Graham lives in Newtown, PA. He received a BA from The University of the Arts in Philadelphia and his MFA in Photography from the TylerSchool of Art. He studied under Ray Metzker and was mentored by neighbor, Emmet Gowin.
He has taught at Moore College of Art and is currently on the faculty at The University of the Arts in Philadelphia. His work is in the collections of the Museum of Modern Art; the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art; the Art Institute of Chicago; the Philadelphia Museum of Art; the George Eastman House; the International Center of Photography; the Brooklyn Museum and the Bibliothèque Nationale in Paris. Graham has had solo exhibitions at the Institute for Contemporary Art in Philadelphia, the International Center of Photography in NY, the Cleveland Center for Contemporary Art, and the Michener Museum in Doylestown, among others.
His work has appeared in The New York Times, Harper’s, The New Yorker, and The Philadelphia Inquirer. The many books of David Graham’s work includeTaking Liberties, Almost Paradise and Declaring Independence, as well asAmerican Beauty and Land of the Free, which were published by Aperture.
EXHIBITION
David Graham
through September 27th, 2015
Wessel + O’Connor Fine Art
7 North Main Street
between Bridge & Church Streets
Lambertville, NJ 08530
USA
http://www.wesseloconnor.com
