Jeanne Dunning Explained

Jeanne Dunning (born 1960) is an American photographer whose work is centered around corporeality and human physicality in abstract forms.[1]

Education and early career

Dunning earned her Bachelor of Arts from Oberlin College and her Masters of Fine Arts from The School of the Art Institute of Chicago. From there, she opened her first exhibit at the Feature Gallery in Chicago in 1987.[2] In the early 1990s, Dunning created a series of photographs for an exhibit titled "Directions" which was meant to blur the lines of fact and fiction.[3] The exhibit was displayed at the Hirshhorn Museum in Washington.[4] [5]

Collections

Dunning's work is included in the permanent collections of the Art Institute of Chicago,[6] the Whitney Museum of American Art,[7] the Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago,[8] the Museum of Contemporary Photography[9] and the Museum of Modern Art, New York.[10]

Notes and References

  1. Book: Cotton . Charlotte . The photograph as contemporary art . 2014 . Thames & Hudson . London . 978-0-500-20418-4.
  2. Web site: Dunning, Jeanne . mocp.org . April 8, 2019 . https://web.archive.org/web/20170802135500/http://www.mocp.org/detail.php?t=objects&type=browse&f=maker&s=Dunning,+Jeanne&record=1 . August 2, 2017 . live .
  3. News: Artistic object may be too crude for the viewer. Schecter. Ann. August 21, 1994. Lowell Sun. Lowell. 451. April 8, 2019. https://web.archive.org/web/20190408074441/https://newspaperarchive.com/entertainment-clipping-aug-21-1994-1128125/. April 8, 2019. live.
  4. News: Fruits of artist's labors. Burchard. Hank. July 31, 1994. Cedar Rapids Gazette. Iowa. 165. April 8, 2019. https://web.archive.org/web/20190408074443/https://newspaperarchive.com/entertainment-clipping-jul-31-1994-1128127/. April 8, 2019. live.
  5. Web site: DIRECTIONS: JEANNE DUNNING . hirshhorn.si.edu . April 8, 2019 . https://web.archive.org/web/20190408080150/https://hirshhorn.si.edu/exhibitions/directions-jeanne-dunning/ . April 8, 2019 . live .
  6. Web site: Icing. The Art Institute of Chicago. 1996 . 2019-04-08. https://web.archive.org/web/20190408005005/https://www.artic.edu/artworks/184185/icing. 2019-04-08. live.
  7. Web site: Jeanne Dunning. www.whitney.org. 2019-04-08. https://web.archive.org/web/20190408003502/https://www.whitney.org/artists/10745. 2019-04-08. live.
  8. Web site: Jeanne Dunning, The Pink, 1996. MCA. 2019-04-08. https://web.archive.org/web/20190408003503/https://mcachicago.org/Collection/Items/1996/Jeanne-Dunning-The-Pink-1996. 2019-04-08. live.
  9. Web site: Museum of Contemporary Photography. www.mocp.org. 2019-04-08. https://web.archive.org/web/20170802140758/http://www.mocp.org/detail.php?t=objects&type=browse&f=maker&s=Dunning%2C+Jeanne&record=0. 2017-08-02. live.
  10. Web site: Jeanne Dunning. Untitled Hole. 1988 - MoMA. The Museum of Modern Art. 2019-04-08. https://web.archive.org/web/20190408003532/https://www.moma.org/collection/works/89024. 2019-04-08. live.

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