Special Exhibitions

Photography Transformed

Vanessa Beecroft Navy Seals, 1999 Chromogenic process print 40 x 53 1/4 in. © Vanessa Beecroft Courtesy Metropolitan Bank & Trust
		Photography Transformed Selections from the Metropolitan Bank & Trust Collection at the Cleveland Museum of Art February 17 - April 28, 2002 Cleveland-based Metropolitan Bank & Trust owns one of the largest contemporary art collections in the U.S., and is one of the few corporate collections devoted to photo-based works of art. Forty-nine highlights from the bank’s critically acclaimed collection chronicle the striking innovations in technical processes, artistic styles, and subject matter in contemporary photography during the past 25 years. This exhibition includes large-scale portraits, urban and natural landscapes, and staged works by 54 artists, most working in color media. Among others they include Matthew Barney, Bernd and Hilla Becher, Gregory Crewdson, Barbara Ess, Nan Goldin, Andreas Gursky, Louise Lawler, Sherrie Levine, Richard Long, Richard Misrach, Shirin Neshat, Catherine Opie, Gerhard Richter, Thomas Ruff, Cindy Sherman, Thomas Struth, and Hiroshi Sugimoto. Admission is free. More about the Metropolitan Bank Collection Free Lecture February 17, 2002 at 3:30 pm Credits