Order of imagination : the photographs of Olivia Parker / edited by Sarah Kennel ; with contributions by Sarah Kennel, Olivia Parker, Rachel Hadas, and Virginia Myhaver.
Includes index. This publication accompanies the exhibition Order of Imagination: The Photographs of Olivia Parker on view at the Peabody Essex Museum, Salem, Massachusetts, from July 13 to November 11, 2019. "Order of Imagination: the Photographs of Olivia Parker" : July 13-November 11, 2019, the Peabody Essex Museum, Salem, Massachusetts, United States. Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents:
Vanishing in plain sight -- Rachel Hadas -- Vanishing in plain sight / Rachel Hadas -- Illustrated chronology. Signs of life -- Instant anomalies -- Miscellanea curiosa -- Sea change -- Still and not so still life -- Vanishing in plain sight -- Illustrated chronology.
Summary:
"For more than forty years, Olivia Parker's poetic and alluring photographs have transformed the everyday and made the familiar strange. In deceptively simple still lives and complex, dreamlike constructions that incorporate a rich variety of found objects, her photographs create unexpected juxtapositions that provoke uncertainty and delight. Parker's longstanding fascination with flux and change extends to her most recent series, a powerful meditation on the devastating loss of her husband to Alzheimer's disease. This volume, the definitive study of Parker's career, includes curator Sarah Kennel's detailed artistic biography and poet and essayist Rachel Hadas's reflections on art's ability to offer solace amidst grief. More than one hundred beautifully illustrated works, many of which are published here for the first time, are accompanied by Parker's lyrical reflections on her art and process. This publication accompanies the exhibition Order of Imagination: The Photographs of Olivia Parker on view at the Peabody Essex Museum, Salem, Massachusetts, from July 13 to November 11, 2019. Formerly The Byrne Family Curator of Photography at the Peabody Essex Museum, Sarah Kennel is the Donald and Marilyn Keough Family Curator of Photography at the High Museum of Art, Atlanta" --description provided by publisher.
This resource is supported by the Institute of Museum and Library Services under the provisions of the Library Services and Technology Act as administered by State Library of Iowa.