Thalia by Robert Adams

October 12th – December 7th, 2024
Opening: Saturday, October 12th

LightBox Photographic Gallery opens Thalia by Robert Adams on Saturday, October 12th.

LightBox invites you to the opening day of this monumental exhibit and book release celebration. The exhibit runs through December 7, 2024. This exhibit will not be seen on the website, it is in person only. 

Years ago, Robert and Kerstin Adams bought from the Metropolitan Museum a reproduction of a Roman portrait of the Greek goddess Thalia, a muse for pastoral poets. They kept it on top of a bookcase as a reminder of the classical inheritance that we all share. Recently, they moved it temporarily to a spot next to the front window in their living room, and discovered in the brighter light qualities that inspired them. Robert photographed the sculpture for two days at various hours. What most impressed them was the portrait’s serenity.

Thalia by Robert Adams has been released as a hard cover book by Fraenkel Gallery, San Francisco. It is the honor of LightBox Photographic Gallery to host the exhibit Thalia by Robert Adams with the original Silver Gelatin prints created from the negatives. It is also the honor of Gallery director Michael Granger to have assisted Robert with this project by printing the original work at Robert’s request and direction. The exhibit Thalia opens at LightBox Photographic Gallery on Saturday, October 12th and exhibits through December 7th.

Robert Adams (b.1937) has been a photographer for sixty years. His work has been supported by the National Endowment for the Arts, the Guggenheim Foundation, and the MacArthur Foundation, and has resulted in more than fifty publications. Retrospective exhibitions of his photographs have been held at the Yale University Art Gallery, the Philadelphia Museum of Art, and, most recently, at the National Gallery of Art.