Candela Collection on View at VCU’s The Anderson

Written By Whitney Cole

Corpus: Selections from the Candela Collection | Exhibition at The Anderson

Text courtesy of The Anderson

The Anderson and VCUarts are pleased to announce Corpus:Selections from the Candela Collection, an exhibition of photographic work by twenty-five artists from the collection of Candela Photographic Arts.The exhibition will be on view at The Anderson from August 28th to October 17th with an opening reception on Friday, August 28th from 5-7 pm. 

Corpus:Selections from the Candela Collection, features twenty-five works from the collection that directly and indirectly depict human forms. As a group they speak to the history of representing bodies and how these circulated images can crystallize into visual archetypes, solidify into icons, or produce genres. The artists push up against the limiting and adverse impacts of these conventions by challenging historical forces of idealization, subverting prescribed identities, and defiantly presenting the irreverent. Throughout the work, the voice of the artists demand a say in the power dynamics of interpreting visual history and a place in building the corpus of images that impact individual agency by shaping our collective self-understanding. 

The Candela Collection is a continually growing selection of photographic work chosen from the annual Candela Photographic Arts UnBound! Juried Exhibition. The call to artists both nationally and internationally is free of charge and results in hundreds of submissions each year. Selected work is on view at the gallery each summer, and a number of pieces are then purchased to become part of the collection. The curatorial aim of the collection is to gather work in a wide variety of photographic processes that reflect contemporary practices. The mission behind the project is to directly support photographers through the purchase of the work with the end-goal of donating the collection to an institution’s permanent collection. After 16 iterations of the call, the current collection includes 149 photographic artworks and fine art photography books with a vast range of subject matter.

articipating Artists:

  • Francesco Amorosino

  • Lindsey Beal

  • Shweta Bist

  • Christa Blackwood

  • Michael Borowski 

  • Tommy Bruce 

  • Gary Burnley

  • Tony Chirinos

  • Alida Fish

  • Daniel Gonçalves

  • Riley Goodman

  • Elizabeth Clark Libert 

  • Liz McGrady

  • Kendall Messick

  • Nadiya Nacorda

  • Lydia Panas

  • Toni Pepe

  • André Ramos-Woodard 

  • Lissa Rivera

  • Gabriel Garcia Roman

  • Raymond Thompson Jr.

  • Phil Toledano

  • Aaron Turner

  • Sara J. Winston

  • Michael Young 

Visit The Anderson:
Tues-Fri: 12-6pm
Sat: 12-5pm
closed during VCU school breaks
The Anderson will be reopening from summer break on Friday, August 28th!

Whitney Cole
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