April 24, 2010 Helios: Eadweard Muybridge in a Time of Change
Photograph courtesy of Corcoran Gallery of Art
Helios: Eadweard Muybridge in a Time of Change
April 10 – July 18, 2010
Corcoran Gallery of Art
500 Seventeenth St. NW, Washington, DC 20006
I promised myself I would only review smaller shows and mostly independent galleries, but I felt the need to mention this one. Eadweard Muybridge is currently on view at the Corcoran Gallery of Art, and, as I’m sure you’ve already seen the glowing reviews, it’s truly an important exhibit to witness. Despite the bells and whistles (stereoscopes for each visitor), the meat of the exhibit is really in the latter half, chock full of his famous motion-sequence photographs (shown above). Not only is this show just really a lot of fun to go through, it’s also vital (and still relevant) to understand the origins of our modern-day motion pictures.
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