Avedon in Twelve Pictures November 20, 2006

David A. Ross was a close friend of the artist for twenty-five years, beginning when Ross worked with Avedon on his first retrospective exhibition held at the Berkeley Art Museum in 1978. Ross went on to direct the Institute of Contemporary Art in Boston, the Whitney Museum of American Art, and the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art. At the ICA Ross presented In the American West, and at the Whitney he oversaw the organization of the survey exhibition Richard Avedon: Evidence. Examining a dozen photographs, Ross will explore the work of Richard Avedon and his unique contribution to the history of photography. He will posit that Avedon remains one of the twentieth century’s most productive and misunderstood artists, one of only a handful who achieved equal recognition as an artist and for his innovative work as a commercial photographer. This program is sponsored, in part, by the Tucson Visiting Artist’s Consortium

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