Max Kozloff

@ AIC

Celebrants, Festival of Holi Bijapur, 1991

I am Blind, Near Macys, 1982

Twine Shop Window, Lower Broadway, 1984

Max Kozloff is recognized today as one of the most eminent figures in the world of art history and criticism, known for his cogent essays on both historic and contemporary art. He was the art editor for The Nation in the 1960s, moving later to the seminal publication Artforum, where he eventually became the executive editor from 1975  to 1977. While he covered many subjects as an editor and writer, he began seriously exploring photography during his tenure at Artforum, both as a critic and as a photographer. In 1977, he had his first one-person exhibition at the Holly Solomon Gallery in New York City, and two years later, in 1979, he published an anthology of his early essays under the title Photography and Fascination.This exhibition of over 80 works demonstrates the extent to which his practice as a photographer has been shaped by his work as a critic, and vice versa.

The exhibition will be up in Galleries 1-4 until January 5th and an artist talk will be given on November 7th at Fullerton Hall from 6-7 PM (free with museum admission).