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Kenneth Josephson

American, b. 1932

Exhibitions

Picture Fiction: Kenneth Josephson and Contemporary Photography
Sat, Apr 28, 2018–Sun, Dec 30, 2018
1. Short A black-and-white photo of the Chicago skyline from the north shore of Lake Michigan is overlaid with rectangular color image fragments of the same view. The color images add and subtract people from the lakefront view.

Kenneth Josephson Retrospective
Fri, Mar 25, 1983–Sun, May 22, 1983

Programs

Talk: Kenneth Josephson with Michael Darling
Sat, Apr 28, 2018, 3:00 pm–Sat, Apr 28, 2018, 5:00 pm
Talks

Free With Admission

Video

Blog

From the MCA Collection: Kenneth Josephson
By Steven L. Bridges
Tue, Dec 16, 2014
Last week thirteen works of art were displayed in our Kovler Atrium for acquisition consideration by our Collection Committee. Curatorial Assistant Steven L. Bridges highlights another work of art that…
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Collection

On view
Kenneth Josephson, Chicago, 1980, 1980
On view
Kenneth Josephson, Washington, D.C., 1975, 1975
1. Short The Washington Monument and its smooth reflecting pool are centered in this black-and-white photograph. An arm extends, holding a card with cut-outs that match the shape of the monument's obelisk.
2. Long This black and white photograph centers on the Washington Monument and smooth reflecting pool that reflects and inverts the monument. On the left side of the frame, an arm extends, holding a horizontally-oriented card against the sky to the left of the monument. A cut out in the bottom center of the card matches the shape and size of the peak of the obelisk; the top of the card extends upward as the positive mirror of the negative cutout below.
On view
Kenneth Josephson, Chicago, 1972, 1972
On view
Kenneth Josephson, Indiana, 1972, 1972
On view
Kenneth Josephson, Istanbul, 1972, 1972
On view
Kenneth Josephson, Wyoming, 1971 (from the History of Photography series), 1971
1. Short A black-and-white photograph shows an outstretched arm, hand holding a twelve-inch ruler up to a mountainous and wooded landscape above a sign labelling the distant mountain range.
On view
Kenneth Josephson, New York State, 1970, 1970
On view
Kenneth Josephson, Stockholm, 1967, 1967

Kenneth Josephson, Chicago, 1976, 1976