About
Three Queens community fellows pick vintage prints from the 1800s to 1979 to ask what makes art American, at the Queens Museum.
Three community members chosen through an open call spent eight months in the Queens Museum's photography collection and came back with three very different takes on the word American. The mostly albumen and vintage silver gelatin prints touch family lore, migration, fame, intimacy and conflict. If you like shows with a personal, neighborhood point of view, this is a quiet one worth adding to a Queens Museum visit.
What to expect
Expect three distinct groupings of historical photographs, each shaped by one fellow's experience and research. It is a contemplative gallery that works well alongside the livelier Sonia Boyce installation.
Good to know
- In the Queens Museum in Flushing Meadows Corona Park
- The 7 train to 111th Street or Mets–Willets Point is the usual route
- Supported by the Terra Foundation for American Art
- Best combined with the museum's bigger current shows
Common questions
Who curated it?
Terra Foundation Fellows Christina Chan, Annette Parkins and Carlos David Trujillo.
How old are the photographs?
They date from the mid-nineteenth century to 1979.