The City Shops
dal 17/11/2000 al 4/3/2001
Segnalato da
17/11/2000
The City Shops
Museum of the City, New York
Photographs by Martha Cooper and Fred McDarrah. Shops are a vital part of neighborhood life, yet most people take their appearance for granted. The City Shops reveals the masterpieces of folk art, eccentricities, historical reminders, and clues to changing economic patterns that can easily be found in any of the city's shopping streets. The exhibition features the work of Martha Cooper, well-known photographer of urban vernacular subjects, along with historically significant black-and-white photographs by famous press photographer Fred McDarrah.
Photographs by Martha Cooper and Fred McDarrah.
Shops are a vital part of neighborhood life, yet most people take their appearance for
granted. The City Shops reveals the masterpieces of folk art, eccentricities, historical
reminders, and clues to changing economic patterns that can easily be found in any of the
city's shopping streets. The exhibition features the work of Martha Cooper, well-known
photographer of urban vernacular subjects, along with historically significant
black-and-white photographs by famous press photographer Fred McDarrah. Organized
in three thematic sections, the exhibition explores different aspects of the New York shop
front. "Showing Off" probes the way in which neighborhood shopkeepers highlight (or
sometimes hide) their merchandise. "Changing Stores, Changing Streets" looks at both
traditional and new ways of shopping and highlights some of the strategies that shopkeepers
use to gain maximum advantage of their limited street front space. A final section "Places
That Matter" presents the social and political role of many neighborhood shops. The City
Shops was organized by Place Matters, a program of the Municipal Art Society and City
Lore, and was curated by Ned Kaufman, director of historic preservation at the Municipal
Art Society.
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