From Sardinia to Berlin
Photographs by Leonard Sussman
At
Mishkin Gallery, May 4 –May 25, 2005
Two radically
different locales, Sardinia and Berlin, are the subjects of
Leonard Sussman’s solo exhibition of photographs From
Sardinia to Berlin, on view at Baruch College’s
Mishkin Gallery, Wednesday, May 4 through Wednesday, May 25,
2005. This exhibition is the first part of the Baruch
College Photography Festival, which continues in
June with a juried exhibition of new works by the Baruch faculty
and staff.
Opening reception, Tuesday, May 3, 6 to 8 pm.
Mr. Sussman’s older work, dating from the 1990s through
2001, features the landscape and topography of Sardinia. In
black-and-white silver prints Sussman focuses on the rocks,
trees and stone fences of this rugged island to achieve dramatic
studies in texture and design. The photographs have a tactile
quality and are both abstract and intimate.
In sharp contrast, Sussman’s most recent work is focused
on the Berlin subway system. His visual tour of the underground
proceeds from station to station, from the Zoological Gardens
stop to Freidrichstrasse to Alexanderplatz.
Using both color digital images and color prints, Sussman
studies the structure of such man-made objects and forms as
escalators, scales, mirrors and steel columns. Here many of
his images are angular and geometric with refractions of light
creating additional designs within the images.
Leonard Sussman’s photographs have been included in
exhibitions organized by the Brooklyn Museum, the Cooper-Hewitt
Museum and the Oakland Museum. Solo exhibitions of his work
have been presented at the International Biennial of Photography
in Turin, Italy, at the Witkin Gallery in New York, and at
the Archivo Fotografico Toscano in Prato, Italy. Sussman’s
book, Sardinia, featuring 70 black-and-white photographs,
was published in 2000 by Soter and Poliedro.
Sussman has been a professor in the Department of Fine and
Performing Arts at Baruch College since 1980 and holds an
MFA from Pratt Institute.
The second part of the Baruch Photography Festival will feature
a juried photographic exhibition of works by Baruch faculty
and staff and will be on view from June 7 through 23, 2005.
The Mishkin Gallery is located at 135 East 22nd Street. Gallery
hours are Monday through Friday, noon to 5 pm, and Thursday,
noon to 7 pm. All exhibitions at the gallery are free and
open to the public.
Contact: Zane Berzins (News Office)
212.802.2881
Sandra Kraskin (Gallery)
212.802.2690
