Ida Wyman: Heart & Mind Exhibit
Monday Sep 9, 2019
Saturday Oct 5, 2019
September 9 – October 5 Mon-Fri: 10am - 5pm Mon-Thur: 6pm - 8pm Sat: 1pm - 4pm Crossman Gallery in the Greenhill Center of the Arts Free Must get parking pass from Visitor Center
Office: 262.472.5708
Gallery: 262.472.1207 Ida Wyman: Heart and Mind September 9 – October 5 Reception: September 9 from 5-7pm "I want to photograph a certain synchrony of heart, eye, and brain." -Ida Wyman Ida Wyman was one of the fascinating artists in photography today. When Ms. Wyman first started her career in the 1940s as a magazine photographer, an industry that was almost exclusively male at the time, she started out as a "girl" mailroom boy at Acme News pictures (later UPI) and worked her way up from there. A trailblazing and innovative photographer, Ida has inspired many photographers, both male and female. Ida strives to capture everyday life of everyday people in all its frustrating, illogical and banal glory. From her classic Girl with Curlers photograph of a little girl on the street in LA staring defiantly at the viewer to the delicate symmetrical composition of Wrought Iron with Snow, Ida photographed what moved and inspired her. You can easily connect the dots between many artists photographing today with Ida Wyman. Her unique brand of street photography helped define a fledgling style still trying to establish itself. Street photography has since evolved, but the roots Ida helped lay with others such as Arthur Fellig, Ruth Orkin and Arthur Leipzig are still visible. Although not as famous as some of her contemporaries, Ida was one of the defining artists of early street photography that helped shape how we look at our world. Thanks to Professor Melanie Herzog for this quote from Chords of MemoryDate and Time
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