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Press Release Media inquiries: Ferenc Berko Photography Is Focus of Exhibition Hanover, NH—Hungarian-born photographer Ferenc Berko drew attention to the beauty that lies in the overlooked details of the everyday visual world. By isolating patterns, shadows, forms, and colors, Berko’s images invite viewers to look inquisitively at commonplace materials and experiences. The Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth College, is pleased to announce Ferenc Berko: Seen and Seen Again, on view from May 24 through July 27 in the Harrington Gallery of the museum. Through approximately thirty black-and-white and color images ranging from 1932 to 1987, this exhibition speaks to the breadth and depth of this artist’s modern sense of vision. The exhibition represents not only a dialogue over time and within a specific medium but also between generations. It is curated by Berko’s granddaughter Mirte Mallory, Dartmouth College Class of 2002, who demonstrates how Berko maintained and revisited certain themes throughout his long career. The linear geometry of shadows on plants, the veiled silhouette of a nude, colorful, disorienting reflections, and stark snow-painted trees are just a few of the subjects that inspired the artist. The artist made his own devotion to the medium clear: "Photography is part of my being. I am inseparable from taking photographs. Patterns and details, movement and form are in my mind, they are always a part of me." Berko’s granddaughter will present a lunchtime gallery talk about the exhibition on Friday, May 30 at 4 PM in the Harrington Gallery. A free brochure accompanies the exhibition, which will travel to the Aspen Art Museum in Colorado following its presentation at the Hood. Generous funding for the Hood Museum of Art’s presentation of Ferenc Berko: Seen and Seen Again is provided by the Class of 1948. |
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