“Photography and the Self: the Legacy of F. Holland Day,” at the Whitney Museum of American Art

tabula-rosa

Tabula Rosa, 2001, color inkjet print on handmade Japanese paper, 75″ x 30″ , published  by ULAE, edition of 43

December 20, 2006 – March 11, 2007
The artist’s print, “Tabula Rosa,” was included in this exhibition of prints from the Museum’s permanent collection that reflected various types of self-portrayal from the 1960s to the present, and one work that foreshadowed them all — F. Holland Day’s The Seven Words (1898).  Although each artist included took a different approach, all of the works presented intimate stories that explore some aspect of the self.