Minneapolis Institute Of Arts will run an exhibition named 'Embarrassment of Riches' from Friday, March 19, 2010 to Sunday, July 4, 2010, at Harrison Photography Gallery 365.
The last two decades have witnessed historic flows and fluctuations of wealth on a global scale, and marked the development of a new interdependent world economy. Within these new conditions, money has flooded emerging markets (Russia, Saudi Arabia); economic powers have dramatically risen and fallen (Japan and recently the U.S.); and accelerated growth and once unimaginable political partnerships have emerged (China).
The question this exhibition seeks to explore is: How have photographers pictured and examined the new economy? This leads to other provocative questions for audiences to consider, such as, what does wealth look like in different cultural situations and, more generally, in our age?
Approximately 40 photographs will be on view in the exhibition. Some of the specific themes include Imagining the Social: Tina Barney (New England), Martin Parr (England), Daniela Rossell (Latin America), Cindy Sherman (New York); To Be Seen: Juergen Teller (international fashion) and Barbara Probst (faux fashion); New/Old Cities: Andreas Gursky (Europe) and Sze Tsung Leong (Asia); and Objects to Consume: Andreas Gursky, Abelardo Morell and Jacqueline Hassink. -- www.artsmia.org
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