Word: wendorf
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...Boston Athenaeum on the eve of its 200th anniversary, serving as bicentennial artist-in-residence. The commissioned pictures of the Boston Athenaeum lend the building a “kinetic energy that metaphorically invokes the intellectual and cultural vitality of the institution,” according to Richard Wendorf, the director of the Athenaeum. In Kellner’s photographic reconstructions of famous landmarks, such as the Eiffel Tower, the structure disassembles and seems to be dancing, breaking, or floating into air. He creates his works by taking individual photos of the architecture, which resemble tiles composing the whole. Kellner...
...Susan Hilles was the first woman trustee [of the Athenaeum] and was long involved in our fine arts program,” said Richard Wendorf, the Athenaeum’s director and librarian...