Siskind, Aaron
Person
Biography
Aaron Siskind (1903-1991) served on the faculty of the Institute of Design in the photography department from 1951-1971. His areas of specialization included abstract expressionism and social documentary. Siskind taught a class project to document the work of Louis Sullivan in Chicago from 1952-1954.
Found in 1 Collection or Record:
Crombie Taylor, Aaron Siskind, and the Adler and Sullivan Project video, 2008
Collection
Identifier: 006.02.15
Description of the Collection
DVD of the roundtable discussion held on June 14, 2008 in Crown Hall, regarding Crombie Taylor, Aaron Siskind, and the Adler and Sullivan Project. Speakers were Jeffrey Plank, Alvin Loginsky, and Len Gittleman. The roundtable was held in connection with the 2008 exhibit "Crombie Taylor, Aaron Siskind, and the Adler and Sullivan Project" curated by John Vinci and Jeffrey Plank, which recreated the 1954 Institute of Design exhibit by students of Aaron Siskind who, in 1952, undertook a...
Dates:
2008
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