We are thrilled to announce a new donation to the Griffin Contemporary Collection from photographer Ruben Natal-San Miguel.
From the exhibition and series Women R Beautiful we have four prints to add to the collection. This generous donation will represent a broad selection of San Miguel’s magnum opus and years long series featuring the women of New York.
Frank and honest, the women are confident, self aware and direct with their gaze into the lens. His exhibition was featured during Women’s History Month at Griffin @ Lafayette, and we are excited to showcase the diversity and breadth of the female gaze and shared experience of portraiture at its most pure.
From Left to right –
Brotherly Love (Never Dies), Jennifer (Unlock the Vixen), 3 Muslim Girls and Nykki & Ari (Valentine Twins & Morning Glories)
In a partnership with Boston Downtown Association we had a special Mother’s Day Street Portrait studio. Ruben spent 2 hours on the streets of Downtown Crossing, creating a series of the same name. This digital collection is also part of the Contemporary Collection here at the museum.
We are so grateful to Ruben for sharing his creativity and unique vision with the museum and our patrons.
About Ruben Natal San Miguel –
RUBEN NATAL-SAN MIGUEL is an architect, fine art photographer, curator, creative director and critic. His stature in the photo world has earned him awards, features in major media, countless exhibitions and collaborations with photo icons such as Magnum Photographer Susan Meiselas. Gallery shows include: Asya Geisberg, SoHo Photo, Rush Arts, Finch & Ada, Kris Graves Projects, Fuchs Projects, WhiteBox Gallery, Station Independent Projects Gallery, LMAK Gallery, Postmasters Gallery Rome & NYC and others. His work has been featured in numerous institutions: The New York Public Library, Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, Griffin Museum of Photography, Museum of Fine Arts Boston, African American Museum of Philadelphia, The Makeshift Museum in Los Angeles, University of Washington, El Museo del Barrio and Phillips Auction House and Aperture Foundation.
International art fair representation includes: Outsider Art Fair, SCOPE, PULSE, Art Chicago, Zona Maco, Mexico, Lima Photo, Peru and Photo LA. and Filter Photo Festival in Chicago Ill. His photography has been published in a long list of publications, highlights: New York Magazine, The New York Times, The Huffington Post, Time OUT, Aperture, Daily News, OUT, American Photo, ARTFORUM, VICE, Musee, ARTnet and The New Yorker, PBS and NPR. In 2016, Ruben’s Marcy’s Playground was selected for both the Billboard Collective and website for Apple. His photographs are in the permanent collections of El Museo Del Barrio in NYC, The Center for Photography at Woodstock, NY, The Contemporary Collection of the Mint Museum Charlotte, North Carolina, The Bronx Museum for the Arts, School of Visual Arts, NYC, The Fitchburg Museum of Art, Massachusetts, The North Carolina Museum of Art at Raleigh, NC., The Minneapolis Institute of Art, The Leslie Lohman Museum of Art, The Studio Museum of Harlem and The Museum of The City of NY, The Provincetown Art Museum, The Frances Lehman Loeb Art Museum Center at Vassar College and The Museum of Fine Arts , Boston, MA.
