Artist Talk — Karen Haas
Episode Summary
Karen Haas, Lane Senior Curator of Photographs at the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, expands representation and engages critical conversations within visual culture. Her consistency of vision is a through line of our ever-evolving fascination with the medium of light.
In this conversation, Karen discusses, among other things:
Falling in love with photography (and a photographer)
Modernism
Media hierarchy moving towards collaborative interdisciplinary exhibits
Impacting the breadth of community representation
Context & curation
Sequencing as the creative act of the curator
Consistency of vision within an exhibition
Creating critical conversations within an exhibition
Collector relationships
The medium and the message being one and the same
Artist Resources/Inspiration
Exhibitions
Gordon Parks: Back to Fort Scott
Media
Curatorial Lecture — Reimagining Ansel Adams
Curatorial Lecture — Gordon Parks: Back to Fort Scott
Curatorial Lecture — Make Believe
Creative Conversations: Daniel Handal and Karen Haas
Books
Gordon Parks: Back to Fort Scott by Karen Haas
An Enduring Vision Photographs from the Lane Collection by Lyle Rexer and Karen Haas
Edward Weston The Early Years by Margaret Wessling and Karen Haas
Photography by Anne E. Havinga, Nancy Keeler and Karen Haas
The Photography of Charles Sheeler: American Modernist by Karen Haas