COPIA II: Bringing To Light Photographs From The Permanent Collection
On view through October 30, 2022
Harn Museum of Art
Gainesville, Florida
https://harn.ufl.edu/exhibitions/current
“COPIA II” celebrates new photographs that have entered the Harn Museum of Art’s collection in the last six years, with a few other photographs rarely or never shown before.
Copia was the Roman Goddess of Abundance, often portrayed holding a cornucopia; the Latin word copia implies “wealth, variety, fertility,” as well as “a prized, expansive language found in the ancient rhetoricians.” It makes a fitting title for an exhibition featuring photography, a persuasive visual language; and it illustrates the museum’s photography collection which has grown in abundance and variety through the copious generosity of Harn supporters.
[Image: William Claxton, Chet Baker and Lili, Hollywood 1955, Gift of Maggie Taylor and Jerry Uelsman]
