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Gallery Talk: Dennis Feldman’s TVs

This photograph shows an old-fashioned television set in a living room.
Dennis Feldman, American, Nellie—Downtown LA—1969, 1969. Gelatin silver print. Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Gift of the artist, 2020.66.

Gallery Talk

In-Person
Harvard Art Museums
32 Quincy Street, Cambridge, MA, Enter at Broadway for evening programs

This event requires registration; see further details below.

In the late 1960s and early 1970s, photographer Dennis Feldman traveled to 49 states to document disparate scenes of American life, paying close attention to the television’s pervasiveness in domestic and commercial environments. Join Jackson Davidow as he considers the Harvard-educated artist’s motivations for the project, as well as the centrality of television in American culture.

Led by:
Jackson Davidow, John R. and Barbara Robinson Family Curatorial Fellow in Photography

Gallery talks are limited to 18 people and registration is required. You can register by clicking on the event on this form, beginning at 10am the day of the talk.

Please meet in the Calderwood Courtyard, in front of the digital screens between the shop and the admissions desk.

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