Exhibition
Public Service and Other Announcements
Portrait of Julien Levy, Daguerreotype-Object, 1939 Joseph Cornell (American, 1903-1972) Assemblage with silvered glass, mirrored glass shards, black sand, gelatin silver prints, and other materials Case: 5 3/16 x 4 1/8 x 1 inches; Frame: 11 x 10 x 2 1/8 inches Philadelphia Museum of Art: The Lynne and Harold Honickman Gift of the Julien Levy Collection, 2001.
When
May 20, 1997 – Sep 7, 1997
Tickets
About
This program presents two decades of videos made by artists using the formats of public service announcements and advertising. Many of the works were originally aired on broadcast or cable television. During the late 1980s and early 1990s, artists embraced these familiar TV formats to present points of view about pressing social issues. Other artists explored the 30- and 60-second spot in more personal ways, often using humor or the unexpected to produce powerful short pieces.
Curators
John B. Ravenal
Sponsors
Programming in the Video Gallery is made possible by the generous support of the Women's Committee of the Philadelphia Museum of Art.