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André Kertész (Hungarian, b. 1894)Underwater Swimmer, August 31, 1917Photograph7 x 9.5 inGift of Walter Young MacDonald, Class of 1964 André Kertész is commonly attributed to the saying, “seeing is not enough, you have to feel what you photograph." These words prompt an important question: Can one ‘feel’ a photo? Although there is no exact answer to this question, one can definitely ‘feel’ something while gazing through Kertész’s collection. Simple pictures of everyday life, riddled with the beauty of contrast and distortion, Kertész can show the viewer a snapshot of the world through his eyes. Born in Budapest in 1894, Kertész...

Lisa DahlUnder Water, 2013Digital video, live action, 5:05On loan from the Artist On view in the E. Craig Wall, Jr. Academic Center from October 4 - November 21st, 2020. Please note: All buildings on campus, including the Wall Center, are only open to Davidson students, faculty, and staff due to the pandemic. We are planning to re-screen videos at a later date when the campus opens to the community! Sign up for our mailing list to stay in the loop. Lisa Dahl received her BA from Bowdoin College and an MFA from the Mason Gross School of the Arts at Rutgers University. She has exhibited...

David Sanchez BurrBig Bad Anthropocene Machine, 2019Digital video, 18:00On loan from the Artist On view in the E. Craig Wall, Jr. Academic Center from October 4 - November 21st, 2020. Please note: All buildings on campus, including the Wall Center, are only open to Davidson students, faculty, and staff due to the pandemic. We are planning to re-screen videos at a later date when the campus opens to the community! Sign up for our mailing list to stay in the loop. About the Artist Mr. Sanchez Burr is an artist currently teaching at Lake Forest College in Illinois. He does everything from site-specific installations...

Name and hometown?I go by Isabel, but my friends call me Izzy too. I am from about 30 minutes from Davidson just west of Charlotte. Class year and major/minor?I am a first-year planning on majoring in Math, but I am deciding between a Data Sciences, Economics, or Communication Studies minor.  Did you do anything this summer or during quarantine related to the arts?This summer I did art in the form of creative writing and making several paintings to hang on the walls of my dorm here. Why were you interested in interning with the galleries?I have always loved art, but...

Thanks to the generosity of John Andrew Macmahon ‘95, the Van Every/Smith Galleries will acquire a prominent work of art for the college's collection. Ntozakhe II, Parktown, by South African artist-activist Zanele Muholi, is part of the artist's highly-acclaimed series, Somnyama Ngonyama, currently on view at the Tate Modern, UK. At Davidson College, the artwork was recently installed at the E. Craig Wall Jr. Academic Center in anticipation of the return of students in January 2021. Zanele Muholi, Ntozakhe II, Parktown, from the Somnyama Ngonyama series, 2016, Photography, 119.5 x 85.75 in. In Muholi’s self-portrait series, Somnyama Ngonyama, translated from...