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The Mildred Lane Kemper Art Museum has acquired some exceptional new photographs over the last few years through generous gifts and purchases, which we are pleased to celebrate in the current exhibition Focus on Photography: Recent Acquisitions. The exhibition ranges from historical works by photographers who defined the standards of photographic practice to an international array of contemporary practitioners, including Doug Aitken, Sophie Calle, Louise Lawler, and John Stezaker, who examine and expand the conventional parameters of the medium. Focus on Photography features projects as varied as Edward Curtis’s monumental photogravures of disappearing American Indian tribes in the early twentieth century, Andy Warhol’s Polaroids, which became the basis for silkscreen portraits in the 1970s and 1980s, and David Goldblatt’s critical explorations of the political and economic circumstances of life in South Africa after apartheid. This exhibition offers an exciting opportunity to reflect on the status of photography today and how the medium has expanded to include collage, found objects, installation, video, and digital art.

Focus on Photography is curated by Karen Butler, assistant curator, and will be on view from May 7 to July 26, 2010.

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Support for this exhibition was provided by James M. Kemper, Jr., the David Woods Kemper Memorial Foundation, the Hortense Lewin Art Fund, and members of the Mildred Lane Kemper Art Museum.

Selected works

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Andy Warhol

Miguel Berrocal

September 1971
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Andy Warhol

Miguel Berrocal

September 1971
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Andy Warhol

Miguel Berrocal

September 1971
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Andy Warhol

Miguel Berrocal

September 1971
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Andy Warhol

Constantiner Karpidis

January 1979
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Andy Warhol

Constantiner Karpidis

January 1979
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Andy Warhol

Constantiner Karpidis

January 1979
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Andy Warhol

Constantiner Karpidis

January 1979
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Andy Warhol

Constantiner Karpidis

January 1979
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Andy Warhol

Constantiner Karpidis

January 1979
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Andy Warhol

Constantiner Karpidis

January 1979
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Andy Warhol

Wenzel Beuys

December 1979
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Andy Warhol

John and Lorraine Chamberlain

1978
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Andy Warhol

Mrs. Carlo Bilotti and Daughter

December 1980
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Andy Warhol

Klein Children

September 1983
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Andy Warhol

Lars and Laila Crammer

September 1981
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Andy Warhol

Lars and Laila Crammer

September 1981
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Andy Warhol

Nude Model (Male)

1977
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Andy Warhol

Nude Model (Male)

1976
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Andy Warhol

Nude Model (Male)

1976
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Andy Warhol

Nude Model (Victor Hugo)

1977
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Andy Warhol

Nude Model (Male)

1977
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Andy Warhol

Nude Model (Male)

1977
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Andy Warhol

Nude Model (Male)

1977
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Andy Warhol

Nude Models (Man and Victor Hugo), MP

c. 1977
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Andy Warhol

Nude Models (Two Men)

c. 1977
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Andy Warhol

Frederick Hughes

n.d.
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Andy Warhol

John Samuels

1982
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Andy Warhol

Bruno Bischofberger and Unidentified Man

n.d.
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Andy Warhol

Tom Cashin and Unidentified Man

n.d.
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Andy Warhol

John and Lorraine Chamberlain

n.d.
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Andy Warhol

John and Lorraine Chamberlain

n.d.
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Andy Warhol

Tina Chow and Unidentified Man

n.d.
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Andy Warhol

Calvin Klein and Pat Buckley

n.d.
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Andy Warhol

Christopher Makos and Unidentified Man

n.d.
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Andy Warhol

John Reinhold and Unidentified Man

n.d.
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Andy Warhol

Priests, Cops and Guests Standing Outside of Church

n.d.
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Andy Warhol

Man Holding Video Camera and Bearded Man Holding Lights on Woman in a Crowded Room

n.d.
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Andy Warhol

Perfume

n.d.
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Andy Warhol

Halston Ad Campaign / Women's Accessories

May 17, 1982
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Andy Warhol

Sidewalk and Buildings

n.d.
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Andy Warhol

Building

n.d.
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Andy Warhol

Cars Parked

n.d.
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Andy Warhol

Stores

n.d.
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Andy Warhol

New York Street

April 1, 1982
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Andy Warhol

Grace Jones and Unidentified Man

n.d.
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Andy Warhol

Window

n.d.
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Andy Warhol

Chair

n.d.
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Christian Jankowski

Poster Sale

2005
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Christian Jankowski

Poster Sale

2005
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Christian Jankowski

Poster Sale

2005
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Christian Jankowski

Poster Sale

2005
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Christian Jankowski

Poster Sale

2005
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Christian Jankowski

Poster Sale

2005
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Christian Jankowski

Poster Sale

2005
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Christian Jankowski

Poster Sale

2005
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Christian Jankowski

Poster Sale

2005
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Christian Jankowski

Poster Sale

2005
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Christian Jankowski

Poster Sale

2005
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Christian Jankowski

Poster Sale

2005
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Christian Jankowski

Poster Sale

2005
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Christian Jankowski

Poster Sale

2005
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Christian Jankowski

Poster Sale

2005
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Christian Jankowski

Poster Sale

2005
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Christian Jankowski

Poster Sale

2005
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Christian Jankowski

Poster Sale

2005
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Christian Jankowski

Poster Sale

2005
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Christian Jankowski

Poster Sale

2005
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Christian Jankowski

Poster Sale

2005
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Christian Jankowski

Poster Sale

2005
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Christian Jankowski

Poster Sale

2005
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Christian Jankowski

Poster Sale

2005
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Christian Jankowski

Poster Sale

2005
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Christian Jankowski

Poster Sale

2005
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Christian Jankowski

Poster Sale

2005
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Christian Jankowski

Poster Sale

2005
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Christian Jankowski

Poster Sale

2005
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Christian Jankowski

Poster Sale

2005
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Christian Jankowski

Poster Sale

2005
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Christian Jankowski

Poster Sale

2005
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Christian Jankowski

Poster Sale

2005
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Christian Jankowski

Poster Sale

2005
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Christian Jankowski

Poster Sale

2005
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Doug Aitken

Screens

2005
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John Baldessari

Two Compositions (Formal/Informal; Interior/Exterior)

1990
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Sophie Calle

Ecrivain public / Public letter writer, Rafaèle Decarpigny, from the series Prenez soin de vous (Take Care of Yourself)

2007
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Lucien Clergue

Picasso, Cannes, from the portfolio Selected Images

1955
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Lucien Clergue

Harlequin, Arles, from the portfolio Selected Images

1955
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Edward Sheriff Curtis

The Apache Reaper

1906
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Edward Sheriff Curtis

The Morning Bath—Apache

1906
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Andrea Fraser

Untitled (Pollock / Titian) #4

1984/2005
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Howard French

Contender 2

2007
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Howard French

Eat Your Dinner 2

2006
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Howard French

Entropy 2

2007
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Howard French

Short Walk 2

2007
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Howard French

Spirit Change 2

2007
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Howard French

Three Wheel Market 2

2006
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David Goldblatt

Abandoned farmhouse near Molteno, Eastern Cape

25 February 2006
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David Goldblatt

In the Katkat Valley, near Fort Beaufort

23 February 2006
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Doug Hall

Times Square

2004
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Christian Jankowski

Poster Sale

2005
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Ulrike Kuschel

Kranz (Wreath)

2008
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Louise Lawler

Not Yet Titled

2004/2005
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Sharon Lockhart

Outside AB Tool Crib: Matt, Mike, Carey, Steven, John, Mel and Karl

2008
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Alen MacWeeney

Birds, Bloody Foreland, Donegal, 1967, from the portfolio Selected Images of Ireland

2007
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Simone Nieweg

Gepflügter Acker, Neuss-Kapellen (Plowed Field, Neuss-Kapellen)

2001
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Georges Rousse

Meisenthal

2002
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Georgina Starr

Hypnodreamdruff—The Hungry Brain

1996
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John Stezaker

The Bridge XII, from the series Castle

2008
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John Stezaker

The Bridge XXIV, from the series Castle

2008
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Wolfgang Tillmans

Wald (Briol II) (Forest [Briol II])

2008
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Wolfgang Tillmans

Silver 71

2008
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Andy Warhol

Maria Shriver

1986
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Andy Warhol

Arlette Gordon

1977
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Andy Warhol

Arlette Gordon

1977
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Andy Warhol

Arlette Gordon

1977
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Andy Warhol

Arlette Gordon

1977
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Andy Warhol

Arlette Gordon

1977
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Andy Warhol

Arlette Gordon

1977
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Andy Warhol

Pia Miller

1986
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Andy Warhol

Toby Lewis

1984
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Andy Warhol

Toby Lewis

1984
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Andy Warhol

Toby Lewis

1984
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Andy Warhol

Toby Lewis

1984
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Andy Warhol

Carolina Herrera

November 1978
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Andy Warhol

Sonja, Queen of Norway

May 1982
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Andy Warhol

Sonja, Queen of Norway

May 1982
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Andy Warhol

Sonja, Queen of Norway

May 1982
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Andy Warhol

Johanna Dichand

February 1981
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Andy Warhol

Johanna Dichand

February 1981
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Andy Warhol

Johanna Dichand

February 1981
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Andy Warhol

Johanna Dichand

February 1981
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Andy Warhol

Johanna Dichand

February 1981
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Andy Warhol

Johanna Dichand

February 1981
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Andy Warhol

Johanna Dichand

February 1981
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Andy Warhol

Johanna Dichand

February 1981
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Andy Warhol

Unidentified Woman (Black Slip)

August 1974
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Andy Warhol

Unidentified Woman (Black Slip)

August 1974
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Andy Warhol

Unidentified Woman (Black Slip)

August 1974
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Andy Warhol

Unidentified Woman (Black Slip)

August 1974
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Andy Warhol

Unidentified Woman (Black Slip)

August 1974
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Andy Warhol

Frau Buch

December 1980
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Andy Warhol

Ladies and Gentlemen (Broadway)

1974
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Andy Warhol

Vitas Gerulaitis

1977
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Andy Warhol

Vitas Gerulaitis

1977
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Andy Warhol

Miguel Berrocal

September 1971
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Andy Warhol

Miguel Berrocal

September 1971
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Andy Warhol

Miguel Berrocal

September 1971

Support

Support for this exhibition was provided by James M. Kemper, Jr., the David Woods Kemper Memorial Foundation, the Hortense Lewin Art Fund, and members of the Mildred Lane Kemper Art Museum.

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