Austin College art exhibit highlights Texas singer-songwriters through photography of Gary Goldberg
By Austin College media release
Mar 16, 2008
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SHERMAN, TEXAS — The Austin College Department of Art and Art History hosts the exhibit “Texas Singer-Songwriters: An American Portrait,” (Photographs by Gary Goldberg), now open in Austin College’s Johnson Gallery in the Robert J. and Mary Wright Campus Center. The exhibition continues through March 21. Regular gallery hours are 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday through Friday. The exhibit and reception are free and open to the public.
This exhibition consists of 50 portraits, photographic images documenting Texas singer songwriters, whose works are part of a music genre called “Americana.” Goldberg said the idea for the exhibition began about seven years ago when he attended an event in Archer City, Texas, called “The Late Week Lazy Boy Supper Club,” a venue where Texas singer-songwriters present their music. A few years later, he said, it dawned on him that these musicians, whose work is not well-known nationally, have stories to tell that are worth documenting.
“I decided to create a body of work that would leave its own impression on the music culture,” Goldberg said, beginning the project with the group that had performed in Archer City and eventually taking photos of 100 artists. “There are many other fantastic musicians whom I was unable to photograph and some I’m sure I overlooked, but in the end I narrowed my photographs down to the 50 images.”
Goldberg said he chose to make informal outdoor portraits, and wanted viewers to be able to see the faces clearly and to come to know something about the artists through the photographs. The shots incorporate intricate textural and formal background elements.
The exhibition is traveling to museums and galleries across Texas including Midwestern State University Fine Art Gallery, Wichita Falls, Texas; The Grace Museum, Abilene, Texas; Ellen Noel Art Museum, Odessa Texas; The Irving Art Center, Irving, Texas; Austin College; and the Buddy Holly Center in Lubbock.
Goldberg is professor of art at Midwestern State University in Wichita Falls, Texas. His work has been published in Texas Monthly, Harpers Queen, The Family of Women, Exploring Color Photography, and many other publications. He was awarded a National Endowment for the Arts grant and his work is in the collections of the Library of Congress, Washington, D.C., and The Photography Collection, Harry Ransom Humanities Research Center, The University of Texas at Austin College
Austin College is a leading national independent liberal arts college located approximately 30 minutes north of the greater Dallas metroplex in Sherman, Texas. Founded in 1849, making it the oldest institution of higher education in Texas operating under original charter and name, the college is related by covenant to the Presbyterian Church (USA). Recognized nationally for academic excellence in the areas of international education, pre-professional training, and leadership studies, Austin College is one of 40 schools profiled in Loren Pope’s influential book Colleges that Change Lives.
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