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A picture of three Hal Fischer photographs in a neat row. The one on the far left is titled "Submission." The middle one is titled "Sadism & Masochism." The one on the far right is titled "Dominance."

Hal Fischer Photographs: Seriality, Sexuality, Semiotics

Event Type
Exhibition
Sponsor
Exhibition support provided by Robert and Sonia Carringer.
Location
Krannert Art Museum
Contact
Tim Dean
E-Mail
dean@illinois.edu; kam@illinois.edu
Phone
Contact the Krannert Art Museum at (217) 244-0516
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Hal Fischer (United States, b. 1950) is a gay conceptual photographer and an alumnus (BFA ’73) of the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign. Hal Fischer Photographs: Seriality, Sexuality, Semiotics presents a first full retrospective of his work, showcasing all his photographic series, which were created in San Francisco during the late 1970s—the heyday of gay liberation.

Join English Professor Tim Dean and the Krannert Art Museum in a series of events for Hal Fischer Photographs: Seriality, Sexuality, Semiotics:

  • The exhibition is on view from August 26 to December 22, 2021 at the Contemporary Gallery on the Main Level of Krannert Art Museum.
  • A public reception for the exhibition will take place on September 24, 2021 at 5pm.
  • A daylong symposium around Hal fischer's work will also take place on November 6, 2021.

Krannert Art Museum is open Tuesdays-Saturdays from 10am-4pm. 

For more information, see https://kam.illinois.edu/exhibition/hal-fischer-photographs-seriality-sexuality-semiotics

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