{"title":"I Am the Face","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe use of portraiture within the arts first began with painting and sculpture. The portrait has always served a utilitarian purpose of providing a realistic depiction of the human form while immortalizing the subject in space and time. In the past, portrait painting was typically reserved for the wealthy and was produced as a means to show power, prestige and status.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePhotography had a great democratizing effect on portraiture. When photography became accessible to the masses in the late 1800s with the release of the very first Kodak cameras, portraiture became widespread across social and economic lines. Because of its convenience, ease of use and affordability, portraiture within photography soon replaced painting in popularity. From the inexpensive tintype of the nineteenth century to today’s camera phone, selfie and social media, the camera’s ability to accurately capture the human face and emotion remains supreme.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eDrawn exclusively from the permanent collection of Ogden Museum of Southern Art, \u003cem\u003eI Am The Face\u003c\/em\u003e is a meditation on the history of portraiture within Southern Photography. Beginning with the early twentieth century to the present, \u003cem\u003eI Am The Face\u003c\/em\u003e highlights ever-changing ideas, trends, methods and technologies that define the photographic portrait. Picturing the human condition, the relationship between photographer and subject, and the inherent power of perception that the camera possesses is addressed throughout the exhibition.\u003c\/p\u003e","products":[{"product_id":"maude-schuyler-clay-mississippi-history","title":"Maude Schuyler Clay, Mississippi History","description":"","brand":"University of Mississippi","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45902144897221,"sku":null,"price":75.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0514\/3301\/3445\/files\/images-4.jpg?v=1774629357"},{"product_id":"mauro-antonio-barreto-postcard","title":"Mauro Antonio Barreto POSTCARD","description":"\u003cp\u003e4.5x6\" Postcard made by Museum Store Products\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Museum Store Products","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46000494805189,"sku":null,"price":1.82,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0514\/3301\/3445\/files\/MauroBarretoBlakeandLacy2021.jpg?v=1774457191"},{"product_id":"george-valentine-dureau-life-and-art-in-new-orleans","title":"George Valentine Dureau, Life and Art in New Orleans","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"UTF-8\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eNew Orleans artist George Valentine Dureau (1930–2014) has always been an enigma. His status as an important artist gained momentum beginning with his first exhibition at the New Orleans Museum of Art, then the Isaac Delgado Museum of Art, in the mid-1960s. Not only did his career undergo a meteoric rise, but his work proved at once controversial and provocative, nuanced and groundbreaking. Critics and collectors embraced his bold images, describing them as sexual, sensual, exploitative, erotic, iconoclastic, and innovative. Beneath the surface, Dureau was even more complex as a person and persona, as he crafted a sensational character out of his artistic acumen. His reputation dimmed after his death, but in recent years his importance, and that of the New Orleans art scene he occupied, has once again been recognized.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eGeorge Valentine Dureau: Life and Art in New Orleans \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003ereassembles the pieces of Dureau’s puzzle-work life. The complexity of his life came together in the studio, where he created some of the most important artworks of the latter twentieth century. This lush publication features 100 large-format photographic plates, most of which have never been seen or published and surprisingly some in color. There are more than 200 illustrations and two essays to accompany the plates, along with a special section devoted to the artists and artwork of 1980s New Orleans, featuring hundreds of additional photographs, and several appendices of supplementary materials, such as interview transcripts, a timeline of Dureau’s life and career, a map of important locations, and a section on relevant art publications, invitations, and posters.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"University Press of Mississippi","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46107076624581,"sku":null,"price":50.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0514\/3301\/3445\/files\/816fthS6u-L._SY522.jpg?v=1776708428"},{"product_id":"eudora-welty-one-time-one-place","title":"Eudora Welty, One Time One Place","description":"\u003cdiv id=\"address-49fffee468493025b85ca244bd55e9ac-c08b171081fcd8b12f0f59b1253133ee\"\u003e\n\u003csection class=\"section section-description\"\u003e\u003cheader class=\"section-header\"\u003e\n\u003ch1 class=\"h3\"\u003eDescription\u003c\/h1\u003e\n\u003c\/header\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eEudora Welty is among the very few authors acclaimed for their work in both literature and photography. In 1971 she surprised her readers with this important book, for in \u003ci\u003eOne Time, One Place\u003c\/i\u003e many of them learned for the first time that this revered writer was also a gifted photographer. \u003ci\u003eOne Time, One Place\u003c\/i\u003e is the only book of Welty’s where she selected all images. Throughout her writing career, Welty's camera was a close companion. The one hundred pictures included here are for the first time digitally scanned to maximize the contrast and beauty of her vision. These are her selections from many she took during the Great Depression as she traveled in her home state of Mississippi. These pictures are poignant images of human endurance. For her, looking back, they showed a record of a time and a place, an impoverished world that against great odds sustained a sense of community. Both Black and white, the men, women, and children she photographed, unaware that they are coping with dire conditions, press onward with their lives. “The Depression, in fact,” Welty says in her introduction, “was not a noticeable phenomenon in the poorest state in the Union.”\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe foreword by William Maxwell, Eudora Welty's dear friend and esteemed colleague in literature, offers an appreciation of this photographer's special genius and a loving glimpse into her artistic world. 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