David H. Gibson: The McManaway Studio Project
April 02 - February 06,2021
Photographer David H. Gibson met David McManaway in 1964. A long friendship followed and in 1993 Gibson began documenting McManaway’s extraordinary studio. A visit to McManaway’s studio was akin to stepping into one of McManaway’s works of art; walls, ceilings and table tops covered with carefully selected cultural castoffs silently awaiting a second chance as fine art. This exhibition featuring Gibson’s photographs of the studio, dismantled after McManaway’s death in 2010, are as close as we can get to walking into McManaway’s unique, (Mojo) Jomo-themed amusement park.
Attached Artwork credit: David H. Gibson, Portrait, 2000, giclee pigment print, Courtesy of Valley House Gallery & Sculpture Garden
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