The Cleveland Museum of Art
Collection Online as of December 19, 2025
Before the Storm, from the series "Domestic Vacations"
2007
(American, b. 1966)
Image: 80.7 x 80.5 cm (31 3/4 x 31 11/16 in.); Mounted: 80.7 x 80.5 cm (31 3/4 x 31 11/16 in.); Paper: 80.7 x 80.5 cm (31 3/4 x 31 11/16 in.)
Location: Not on view
Description
For the past several years, Blackmon has explored the visual dynamics of merging art and life by photographing the everyday activities of her family, as well as those of her eight siblings, in domestic settings. This engaging series is inspired by 17th-century Dutch painter Jan Steen, known for his scenes of boisterous family gatherings. In this wry personal narrative, Blackmon digitally constructed a carefully orchestrated and multilayered composition, containing both fictional and autobiographical elements. Judith K. and S. Sterling McMillan III Photography Purchase Fund 2008.46- Artist; Catherine Edelman Gallery, Chicago, IL
- Portraiture: American Photography 1960 to the Present. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (June 1-September 13, 2009).The Cleveland Museum of Art (06/01/2009 - 09/13/2009); "Portraiture: American Photography 1960 to the Present"
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Source URL:
https://www.clevelandart.org/art/2008.46