All posts by Beth Solberg

Elliott Erwitt, Cracked Glass with Boy—Colorado, 1955, gelatin silver print.

“See Through” Reflective And Transparent Surfaces

By Beth SolbergAugust 31, 2018

See Through: Mirrors and Windows in Twentieth Century Photography, open to the public at the University of Michigan Museum Of Art, makes use of reflective and transparent surfaces to create perspectives and to expand the range of the photos’ possible meanings.

Osei Bonsu, Parlor piece. 1950, wood.
Photo Credit: Charlie Edwards.

Reimagining Artists’ Identities in Africa

By Beth SolbergJune 30, 2018

In a self-reflective move, on May 12 the University of Michigan’s Museum of Art opened the exhibition Unrecorded: Reimagining Artist Identities in Africa.