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Collier Schorr's Visions

Night Porter (Matthias), 2001 by Collier Schorr from Freeway Balconies Contemporary American Art
Title: Night Porter (Matthias), 2001
Artist: Collier Schorr (American b. 1963)
Medium: Black and White Photograph
Dimensions: 18 1/2 x 15 inches (47 x 38.1 cm)
Courtesy: the artist, 303 Gallery New York
Image Courtesy: Deutsche Guggenheim, Berlin Germany

What's the next artistic trend?

Who better to ask to explore the vital trends of American Contemporary art than visual artist, critic and teacher Collier Schorr?

Freeway Balconies Contemporary American Art
Deutsche Guggenheim, Berlin Germany
July 5 - September 21, 2008

Berlin's Guggenheim Museum is home to the Collier Schorr organized group exhibition: Freeway Balconies.

Another Jarhead (Peter Sarsgaard), 2006 by Collier Schorr from Freeway Balconies Contemporary American Art
Title: Another Jarhead (Peter Sarsgaard), 2006
Artist: Collier Schorr (American b. 1963)
Medium: Black and White Photograph
Dimensions: 20 x 16 inches (50.8 x 40.6 cm)
Courtesy: the artist, 303 Gallery New York
Image Courtesy: Deutsche Guggenheim, Berlin Germany

Allen Ginsberg, American Poet Laureate of the Beat Generation, provided the impetus for the title of the exhibit. His iconic Howl along with Jack Kerouac's On the Road (1957) and William S. Burroughs's Naked Lunch (1959)defined the movement. Howl's first line, I saw the best minds of my generation destroyed by madness... is forever tied to America in the sixties.

Untitled (Rodeo Beach Bundle), 2007 by Shinique Smith from Freeway Balconies Contemporary American Art
Title: Untitled (Rodeo Beach Bundle), 2007
Artist: Shinique Smith (b. 1971)
Medium: C-Print
Dimensions: 40 x 30 inches (101.6 x 76.2 cm)
Courtesy: the artist and Yvon Lambert, New York/Paris
Image Courtesy: Moti Hasson Gallery and Deutsche Guggenheim, Berlin Germany

Here, freeway balconies means a "meeting place of spectacle and voyeurism in American culture, combining frenetic energy with still observation".

Collier Schorr was born in New York City. She is usually associated with photographic works of adolescents. Her works are often described as a blend of fiction with photo realism.

Freeway Balconies Contemporary American Art
Deutsche Guggenheim, Berlin:
through August 3, 2008

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