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January 11, 2007
RENOWNED PHOTOGRAPHER GEORGE TICE TO HOST TOUR OF HIS “PATERSON II” EXHIBIT AT BEN SHAHN GALLERIES ON FEBRUARY 11
George Tice, the award-winning New Jersey photographer, will host a special tour of his exhibit of recent photographs, “Paterson II,” on Sunday, February 11 from 2 to 4 p.m. in the Ben Shahn Galleries at William Paterson University in Wayne. Admission is $25 and includes a reception. Copies of Tice’s book, Paterson II, will be available for purchase and signing by the artist.
More than 70 of Tice’s black and white prints are on view in the exhibit, which runs from January 29 through March 2. The exhibit, which originated at the Newark Museum, includes a majority of images taken between 2005 and 2006, although a few are from Tice’s earlier investigation of Paterson, which he explored in 1972 in his acclaimed one-man exhibit, “Paterson,” at the Metropolitan Museum of Art.
Tice is primarily known for his photographs of theatres, shops, houses, apartment buildings, factories and street scenes. His pictures capture a wordless and sometimes heartbreaking record of what urban life aspires to, as well as its successes and failures.
“What originally attracted me,” Tice wrote in 1972, “were (Paterson’s) two natural areas, Garret Mountain and the Passaic Falls…As I looked out and down from Garret Mountain, I experienced a sense of the city from its creation – how it began, what its past was like, the pattern of its present, and even, perhaps, some suggestion of its future.” Tice depicted the true essence of a modern city with his photographs of storefronts, weed-grown vacant lots and factory exteriors.
A native of Newark, Tice began documenting the state more than 40 years ago. He has published 13 books and six limited edition portfolios. Tice’s photographs have been widely collected and are included in major public collections including the Metropolitan Museum of Art, the Museum of Modern Art, the Smithsonian Institution, the Art Institute of Chicago, and The Newark Museum. The recipient of fellowships from the Guggenheim Foundation, the National Endowment for the Arts, and the New Jersey State Council on the Arts, Tice was awarded an honorary doctor of humane letters degree by William Paterson University in May 2003.
The event is sponsored by the Ben Shahn Galleries and the Friends of the Cheng Library at William Paterson University. Advance reservations are required; please call 973-720-2114 or e-mail lib-chengfriends@wpunj.edu.
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