17th Juried Exhibition
Juror Debra Klomp Ching
June 29 – August 29
Opening Wednesday June 29, 2011
Victor Raphael
From Lead into Gold: The World of Victor Raphael
Victor Raphael
Sept 22, 2011 – December 4, 2011
Opening reception September 22, 2011
Gallery talk with Victor Raphael
Friday, Sept 23rd 7 PM
Ernest C. Withers
Ernest C. Withers
Pictures Tell the Story
From the Decaneas Archive
January 5– March 1, 2012
Opening reception January 12, 2012
Members Gallery talk 6:15 Susan Berger
Public opening 7 PM – 8:30 PM
Photography Atelier 15 at the Griffin
Photography Atelier 15 at the Griffin
March 7, 2012 to March 25, 2012
Opening reception March 8, 2012 7 PM – 8:30 PM
Person Persona talk March 18 3 PM
PhotoSynthesis VII
PhotoSynthesis VII
June 7 – July 8, 2012
Opening reception on Wednesday, June 13, 2012, 7 PM – 8:30 PM
Members Gallery talk 6:15 PM with Christopher Chadbourne
18th Juried Exhibition
18th Juried Exhibition
Juror – Paul Kopeikin of Kopeikin Gallery, Culver City, CA
July 19, 2012 – September 2, 2012
Opening reception July 19, 2012 7 PM
Members Gallery Talk with Alysia Macaulay 6:15 PM
Lynn Goldsmith
Lynn Goldsmith
The Looking Glass
September 27, 2012 – December 23, 2012
Opening reception September 27, 2012 7 PM – 8:30
Members talk with Jess T. Dugan Sept 27, 6:15 PM
Lynn Goldsmith talk Friday September 28 7 PM
Stein Workshop exhibit
Stein Workshop exhibit in Griffin and Atelier Galleries
December 6 – December 23, 2012
Opening reception December 6, 2012, 7 PM – 8:30 PM
Rosemarie Zens
On January 12, 2016, the Griffin Museum opens with “Beyond the Forest,” an exhibition of photographs by Loli Kantor. This exhibition is shown under the overarching idea of “Legacy. Migration. Memory.”. Two solo exhibits by Loli Kantor and Rosemarie Zens will be featured in the Main Gallery of the Griffin Museum of Photography in Winchester, MA. Rosemarie Zens’ body of work is called “The Sea Remembers.”
Larry Volk, in the Atelier Gallery at the Griffin, will exhibit “A Story of Rose’s” and Priya Kambli, will exhibit “Kitchen Gods” in the Griffin Gallery. These two artists are also exhibiting work under the “Legacy, Migration. Memory.” umbrella.
“Beyond the Forest” and “The Sea Remembers” will showcase at the Griffin Museum of Photography in Winchester, MA from January 12 – March 5, 2017. An opening reception takes place on Saturday, January 14, 2017, 7 – 8:30 p.m.
Paula Tognarelli, executive director of the Griffin Museum of Photography, says of the exhibitions, “The backdrop of family history and its memories inform identity. Through photographs the artists of “Legacy. Migration. Memory.” share familial resettlement stories. Customs, culture and the individual journeys vary but at heart, the passage to the present is all rooted in legacy.”
Berlin-based photographer, Rosemarie Zens was born in Bad Polzin in Pomerania in 1944, which now with Stalin redrawn borders is called Połczyn-Zdrój, Poland. The name Pomerania is derived from the Slavic word “po more” meaning “land at the sea.”
In March 1945 after World War II, due to a forced exile of all ethnic German inhabitants and the impending arrival of the Russian Army in Pomerania, Zens family zigzagged westward towards Berlin as refugees. Rosemarie’s mother carried her in her arms on horseback. Many succumbed to a frozen death or other dangers on this westerly trek towards their ethnic roots that wasn’t home.
After the Berlin wall fell in 1989, Zens’ mother wrote of her escape from Bad Polzin to Berlin. After translating the journal of her mother’s recollections, Rosemarie Zens decided to retrace those steps that she and her mother took many years ago. She made several journeys.
Zens had many questions about her journey. She asks, “What do images look like that stem from very early impressions, from memories that rise up from deep within, from that place that is at once forming and at the same time giving rise to the well of memories, that were long forgotten? In addition she asks, “Why do I avoid certain places or look beyond them, while other places call out to me?” Zens takes note that, “Images of longing push to the forefront, concealing something incomprehensible, trying to superimpose themselves over a mother’s grief, something the child has always experienced as a void, as a feeling occupied by something unspoken.”
In his review on the book, George Slade, a writer on photography, associated a quote by author W.G. Sebald with Zens’ “The Sea Remembers”. The quote begins, “Going home is not necessarily a wonderful experience. It always comes with a sense of loss, and makes you so conscious of the inexorable passage of time. If you’re based in two places, on a bad day you see only the disadvantages everywhere. On a bad day, returning to Germany brings back all kinds of spectres from the past.”
Photographer Rosemarie Zens is also a poet and essayist. She received her PhD in Modern German Literature at the University of Munich and pursued additional psychoanalytic training in Zurich. She attended the Neue Schule für Fotografie in Berlin. Her work has been represented in photo magazines, at several exhibitions, and in photo books. Her poetry, essays as well as scientific writings have been published in literary magazines, individual volumes and audio-CDs. She has produced five books. Her book “The Sea Remembers: Landscape and History“ was printed in English and German by Kehrer Verlag (Heidelberg) in 2015. It is available in our gift shop and online.
Larry Volk
In “A Story of Rose’s,” Larry Volk tells the story of his mother, Rosette Volk, a Holocaust survivor. He explores his mother’s life experiences during and after the Holocaust as an act of remembrance and investigation.
Volk’s series, “A Story of Rose’s,” is featured in the Atelier Gallery at the Griffin Museum of Photography as part of “Legacy. Migration. Memory.” from January from January 12th through March 5th, 2017. An opening reception will take place on January 14thth, 2017 from 7-8:30pm.
Volk explains, “As an artist I am interested in personal narratives, not as ends unto themselves but rather, as vehicles for larger ideas that extend beyond the life of a particular individual. The exploration of my mother’s complex story finds identity, loss, adaptation and rebuilding.”
Larry Volk is an artist, educator, lecturer and author. He received his MFA in Photography from the Rhode Island School of Design. Currently, Volk is a professor of photography in the School of Visual and Performing Arts at Endicott College. Volk has lectured on subjects like digital imaging, portfolio production and art practice. He has served as a portfolio reviewer and juror to multiple national photo competitions.
As an artist, Volk has been in numerous group shows including the Flash Forward Festival and “[Photo]gogues 2014.” Most recently he has had a solo exhibition at the Bromfield Gallery in Boston, Massachusetts. Volk’s work is included in private and museum collections.
Volk has also served as president of the Endicott College Faculty association and has now been a member of the Executive Board of the Association since 2007.
