DM
Contemporary is pleased to present the work of Linda Cummings
in an exhibition entitled: “Meditations on Absence”.
Linda Cummings was born in Valley Forge, PA. She received
a BFA from the Nova Scotia College of Art & Design and
her MFA from Mason Gross College of Art at Rutgers University
in New Jersey. Cummings presently lives and works in New York
City and teaches at the International Center of Photography.
The tragic events of 9/11 provided a new context for Cummings’
photographic meditations on absence. In her earlier work,
she depicted absence of the female presence through the gesture
of an empty slip tossed into the air within highly gendered
public spaces. In a later series, the empty slip is seen hovering
and floating through natural settings, such as tidal rivers
and marsh lands.
In her newest work, it is the artist, herself, who is lifted,
hurled, or floating through space. Her photographs capture
the experience of being transported through time and space
inside a plane, a subway, or a ferryboat. Through the camera’s
“eye”, she ponders and memorializes the changed
world around her. The resulting black and white photo sequences
from “Meditations on Absence” reveal fragments,
impressions and a series of fleeting images that record this
emotional journey as seen from the air, the sea, and underground.
Cummings’ photographs have been exhibited extensively
in museums and galleries both nationally and internationally.
She is the recipient of numerous fellowships and awards, including
the Whitney Museum of American Art Independent Studio Program.
Cummings also participated in the AIM program at the Bronx
Museum of Art. Cummings’ work is included in many private
and museum collections, including the National Museum of American
Art at the Smithsonian, Washington, DC; Brooklyn Museum of
Art, Brooklyn, NY; Bronx Museum of the Arts, Bronx, NY; Museo
Nazionale della Fotographia de Brescia, Brescia, Italy; and
Musee Jenisch, Vevey, Switzerland.
There will be a private reception on Sunday, October 3rd,
after which the exhibition will be open to the public by appointment
starting October 4th. For further information please contact
the gallery by phone (516) 922-3552, or email: info@dmcontemporary.com.
Box 263 Mill Neck New York 11765 TEL: 516 922 3552 www.dmcontemporary.com
