Photography Reinvented

30 Sep 2016 — 5 Mar 2017 at The National Gallery of Art in Landover, United States

13 December 2016

Thomas Demand, German, born 1964, Clearing, 2003, chromogenic print. Courtesy of National Gallery of Art

The collection of Robert E. Meyerhoff and Rheda Becker brings together works of critically important artists who have changed the course of photography through their experimentation and conceptual scope.

In celebration of a pledged gift of 33 photographs from this important collection and the reopening of the East Building galleries, seminal works by Thomas Demand, Thomas Struth, Hiroshi Sugimoto, and Jeff Wall, among others, will be on view.

Especially rich in holdings of work by photographers of the famed Düsseldorf School, among them Struth, Candida Höfer, Andreas Gursky, and Thomas Ruff, the collection also includes examples by photographers exploring the nature of the medium itself, such as Demand, Cindy Sherman, and Vik Muniz.

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Landover, United States

Marina Abramovic, Serbian, born 1946, The Kitchen I, from the series The Kitchen, Homage to Saint Therese, 2009, inkjet print (color fine-art pigment print). Unless otherwise noted, all photographs are promised gifts from the Collection of Robert E. Meyerhoff and Rheda Becker. Courtesy of National Gallery of Art

Bernd Becher, German, 1931– 2007 and Hilla Becher, German, 1934 – 2015, Water Towers, 1972 – 2009, nine gelatin silver prints. Courtesy of National Gallery of Art

Andreas Gursky, German, born 1955, Rimini, 2003, silver dye bleach print. Courtesy of National Gallery of Art

Marina Abramovic, Serbian, born 1946, The Kitchen I, from the series The Kitchen, Homage to Saint Therese, 2009, inkjet print (color fine-art pigment print). Unless otherwise noted, all photographs are promised gifts from the Collection of Robert E. Meyerhoff and Rheda Becker. Courtesy of National Gallery of Art
Bernd Becher, German, 1931– 2007 and Hilla Becher, German, 1934 – 2015, Water Towers, 1972 – 2009, nine gelatin silver prints. Courtesy of National Gallery of Art
Andreas Gursky, German, born 1955, Rimini, 2003, silver dye bleach print. Courtesy of National Gallery of Art

Bernd Becher, German, 1931– 2007 and Hilla Becher, German, 1934 – 2015, Water Towers, 1972 – 2009, nine gelatin silver prints. Courtesy of National Gallery of Art
Andreas Gursky, German, born 1955, Rimini, 2003, silver dye bleach print. Courtesy of National Gallery of Art
Marina Abramovic, Serbian, born 1946, The Kitchen I, from the series The Kitchen, Homage to Saint Therese, 2009, inkjet print (color fine-art pigment print). Unless otherwise noted, all photographs are promised gifts from the Collection of Robert E. Meyerhoff and Rheda Becker. Courtesy of National Gallery of Art