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David Hilliard (American, b.1964)Norm's Birthday, 2001Four panel Chromogenic print40" x 120"Gift of John Andrew MacMahon, Class of 1995 David Hilliard is known for his multi-panel panoramic photographs, where each image offers a new perspective of the narrative being told. Unlike single photographs, this style allows the artist to direct the viewers' eyes to the smallest details across the panorama. Inspired by his own experiences, Hilliard's work is autobiographical but also involves elements of fiction. He explores evocative and complex themes such as sexuality, gender, and age, which are both personal and universal. Norm's Birthday (2001) depicts a realistic scene of...

Learn more about From Pandemic to Protests, an exhibition drawn fully from our permanent art collection, through some of our recent press. Maya Tetali '21 wrote about From Pandemic to Protests for The Davidsonian. She interviewed Adrienne Lee '21, a Gallery intern who assisted Gallery staff, along with summer intern Sebi Sola-Sole '21, to organize the exhibition. The exhibition remains on view through October 18th. Students, faculty, and staff are welcome, with access Monday-Fridays from 10am-5pm and weekends from 12-4pm. Click the image below to read Tetali's article. Charlotte-based arts writer Lauren Piemont also wrote about From Pandemic to Protests...

Name and hometown?Isabel Smith (she/her/hers). St. Augustine, Florida.  Class year and major/minor?Class of 2024. Undecided but intended Communication Studies major, Gender and Sexuality Studies minor. Did you do anything this summer or during quarantine related to the arts?My parents are self-employed artists; my mom is a 2D mixed media artist and my dad manages the business and writes poems for each of my mom’s work. It wasn’t really a “job” per say, but I helped them where I could: curating social media posts, packaging art and taking it to the post office, and editing the website.   Why were you interested...

Ellen MuellerResist in Place (still), 2019Digital Video, 0:01:54On 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. Ellen Mueller’s Resist in Place, which features airplanes and their condensation trails slicing across the sky in various directions, invokes a childlike sense of...

Philippe Halsman (American, 1906-1979)Anna Maria Alberghetti, 1961PhotographGift of F.A.P.A. II Philippe Halsman’s passion for photography began at age fifteen when he found an old camera of his father’s in the attic. He bought glass plates with money from his allowance and taught himself how to develop them in the bathroom of his home. As a young man, he studied engineering in Dresden, Germany, but after a trip to Paris for his sister’s wedding, he decided to abandon his degree and move to Paris to pursue photography. He wanted to fill a void he saw in the body of popular photography...