Through the Lens. A Photographic Journey
by Saint Louis University Museum of Art
Exhibition Dates: November 2022 through May 2023
Location: The Lambert Gallery West
Through the Lens: A Photographic Journey exhibition brings into focus the cultural dimension of photography in the 19th. It explores the potential of travel photography as a tool for persuasion, and a powerful form of visual communication. Although it became an important tool for Artists, it was not considered an art form at first.
About the Organization: Saint Louis University Museum of Art
Saint Louis University Museum of Art is the organizer of this exhibition. The images in the exhibition are facsimiles of photographs from the permanent collection of Saint Louis University.
The Department of Museums and Galleries at Saint Louis University consists of Saint Louis University Museum of Art, Historic Samuels Cupples House, Pere Marquette Gallery, Museum of Contemporary Religious Art, and Lay Center for Education and the Arts. Established in 2002, the Saint Louis University Museum of Art (SLUMA) has a robust exhibition schedule in addition to its permanent collection that spans from Etruscan to contemporary art. The collection includes works byArtists such as Georges Braque, Pablo Picasso, René Magritte, Paul Delvaux, Francis Bacon, Chuck Close, Robert Motherwell, Jasper Johns, Niki de Saint Phalle, Louise Nevelson, Kiki Smith, Robert Rauschenberg, Lee Bontencou, Philip Perlstein, Eric Fishl, Jonathan Borofsky, James Rosenquist, Alice Neal, Andy Warhol and Roy Lichtenstein, and others. The museum also displays an extensive collection of Jesuit artworks and artifacts.