Harry Callahan (1912-1999) was one of the most influential photographic artists of the twentieth century. A master of modernist experimentation, Callahan explored a range of subjects--from landscapes to city streets to portraits of his wife--and techniques throughout his career. Grant Arnold is currently Audain Curator of British Columbia Art at the Vancouver Art Gallery where he contributes to the gallery s exhibition and collecting programs. Prior to coming to Vancouver he held positions at the Art Gallery of Windsor and the Mendel Art Gallery in Saskatoon. Over the past thirty years he has organized more than sixty exhibitions of historical, modern and contemporary art. Recent projects have included In Dialogue with Carr: Gareth Moore Allochthonous Window; Spiritlands: (t)HERE: Marian Penner Bancroft Selected Photo Works 1975-2000; Traffic: Conceptual Art in Canada 1965-1980 (with Catherine Crowston, Barbara Fischer, Michele Theriault and Vincent Bonin, and Jayne Wark); Ken Lum; Reece Terris: Ought Apartment; Mark Lewis: Modern Time; Fred Herzog: Vancouver Photographs; Real Pictures: Photographs from the Collection of Claudia Beck and Andrew Gruft; Rodney Graham: A Little Thought (with Jessica Bradley and Connie Butler); and Robert Smithson in Vancouver: A Fragment of A Greater Fragmentation. Arnold holds an M.A. in art history from the University of British Columbia. His writing has appeared in exhibition catalogues, books and journals. He is currently working exhibitions of work by Myfanwy MacLeod, Jerry Pethick and John Vanderpant."
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