“We Are Continually Exposed to the Flashbulb of Death”: The Photographs of Allen Ginsberg (1953-1996)
“We Are Continually Exposed to the Flashbulb of Death”: The Photographs of Allen Ginsberg (1953-1996)
September 2–December 6, 2014
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Curated by Barbara Fischer and John Shoesmith
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Organized in Collaboration with the Thomas Fisher Rare Book Library
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University of Toronto Art Centre
The exhibition comprises over 150 photographs taken by the legendary Beat poet and activist Allen Ginsberg, capturing his life, loves, and artistic community, including Jack Kerouac, William S. Burroughs, Neal Cassady, Peter Orlovsky and others of the Beat generation of writers, poets, and activists. The photographs are drawn on the collection of close to 8,000 prints recently donated by The Rossy Family Foundation to the University of Toronto Art Centre and Thomas Fisher Rare Book Library.
Programs: The Politics and Poetics of Visibility
Exhibition Tour: Victor Coleman
Monday September 8, 2014, 6-7pm
Video Documentation
University of Toronto Art Centre
Screening and Panel Talk
The Line Has Shattered
Wednesday September 10, 2014, 6-8pm
Featuring Michael Boughn, Victor Coleman, Charlie Huisken, Jay Millar, and John Oughton
Video Documentation of Panel Talk
University of Toronto Art Centre
Lecture
18th Annual Janet E. Hutchison Lecture
Nude Ghosts: Allen Ginsberg, General Idea, and the Formation of Queer Eros
Thursday September 18, 2014, 4:30-5:30pm
Featuring Dr. Jonathan D. Katz
Video Documentation
University College, Room 140
Opening Reception
Thursday September 18, 2014, 6-8pm
University of Toronto Art Centre
Panel Talk
Tuesday September 23, 2014, 7-9pm
Featuring Louis Kaplan and Marcus Boon
Video Documentation
University of Toronto Art Centre
Screening
Pull My Daisy
Wednesday September 24, 6-7pm, 2014
University of Toronto Art Centre
Allen Ginsberg Photography Collection Tour: John Shoesmith
Monday September 29, 2014, 6-8pm
Thomas Fisher Rare Book Library, 120 St. George St.
Screening and Panel Talk
Queer Kinship
Monday October 6, 2014, 6-8pm
University of Toronto Art Centre
Screening
The New Black
Wednesday October 15, 2014, 6-8pm
University of Toronto Art Centre
Writing Workshop: Evalyn Parry and Queer Writes
Monday October 27, 2014, 6-8pm
University of Toronto Art Centre
Artist Talk
A Perfect X: Intersecting Perspectives in Transgender Film, Art, and Performance
Tuesday November 4, 2014, 4pm
Video Documentation
University of Toronto Art Centre
Touring Program
Presentation House Gallery, February 21-April 5,2015
MSVU Art Gallery, August 29-November 1, 2015
Carleton University Art Gallery, September 12-December 11, 2016
Media Coverage
Our Supporters
We gratefully acknowledge the generous project support of Lead Sponsor, The Rossy Family Foundation, and Manulife Financial.
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Title Image: Allen Ginsberg, R.D. Laing portrait, front porch Boulder, hands up, 1987. Silver gelatin print with ink. 20 x 25 cm. Gift of The Rossy Family Foundation, 2012.