Minnesota: January 2006 Archives

Minnesota art site mnartists.org has a review of the Minnesota Center for Photography jurried show exhibition. There are a lot of great photographers working in the mid-west; Alec Soth has gained the greatest prominence and his influence is felt here as well.

That several of the artists have an aesthetic similar to Soth’s is both a testament to Soth’s vision, as well as an intimation of the Upper Midwestern psyche: if one had to categorize the region’s photographs, it would be with these isolated, spare images – with an aesthetic of sorrow, pride, and the lower-middle class – an aesthetic that’s just beginning to be explored.

Through Jan 15th (Sunday!) at Minnesota Center for Photography
165 13th Avenue NE
Minneapolis, MN
(612) 824-5500