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print this pageThe Carl Toth Archive: Fluent Articulations in a Mutable Medium
Andrea Eis
Saturday, October 11 - 9:20AM to 9:55AM
Wayne State University
Carl Toth, founding Cranbrook Academy of Art Artist-in-Residence in photography, led that MFA program from 1972-2007. With a deeply inquisitive intellect and puckish spirit, Toth explored the photographic medium's mutability, continually 'shifting gears.' In black-&-white landscapes, hand-colored collages, Polaroid SX-70s in studio constructions, and large-scale multi-panel xerographic collages, Toth reveled in "visual/conceptual multiplicity," combining theoretical, philosophical, literary, and filmic approaches, while also encouraging his students "to think in images – to make 'thought-full' images."
Along with exploring Toth's work, this presentation will include discussion of The Carl Toth Archive, recently established by Cranbrook photography alumni and members of the Toth family, in Toth's spirit of community and connection. With goals of creating an inventory of Toth's art and writings, expanding knowledge and understanding of his groundbreaking work, and exploring the wide-ranging impact of his pedagogy, the Archive will open his legacy to the public through a website, exhibitions, and publications.
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