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Van Every/Smith Galleries at Davidson College

Van Every/Smith Galleries at Davidson College

Davidson, NORTH CAROLINA

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  • Artist: Catherine Opie (American, b. 1961)

American photographer. Investigates the idea of community and challenges powerful social structures through her work, which is both conceptual and documentary. Received a BFA from the San Francisco Art Institute and an MFA from the California Institute of Fine Art and is currently based in Los Angeles, California. Utilizes portraiture, landscape, and studio photography to explore the intersectionality of identity and relationships and the subculture of varying communities; she particularly examines queer identities. Her work is provocative, authentic, and confrontational, and has gained recognition from numerous, major art institutions.

Emily, Sts, & Becky, Durham, North Carolina by Catherine Opie
  • Catherine Opie
  • Emily, Sts, & Becky, Durham, North Carolina, 1998
Chromogenic print
40 x 50 in
(101.6 x 127.0 cm)
Oxford, North Carolina/Stonewall Jackson, Richmond, VA, from 2020 Series by Catherine Opie
  • Catherine Opie
  • Oxford, North Carolina/Stonewall Jackson, Richm..., 2020
Pigment print
49.75 x 39 in
(126.37 x 99.06 cm)