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Home>Exhibitions>Past>2008>Richard Misrach

# Richard Misrach: On the Beach

May 25 – September 1, 2008West Building, Ground Floor Inner Tier Galleries G30 through G34

**This exhibition is no longer on view at the National Gallery.**

**Overview:** 19 monumental color images, some as large as 6 feet high by 10 feet wide, created by American photographer Richard Misrach were shown in this exhibition. The series of works, begun while the photographer was on vacation in Hawaii, were influenced by the events of September 11, 2001, and *On the Beach*, a 1957 novel by Nevil Shute. The prints were on loan from the artist’s collection.

Photographer Richard Misrach presented a lecture about the series on June 8. A family workshop, "Beach Views," was held July 24–26 and August 7–9.

**Organization:**The exhibition was organized by The Art Institute of Chicago. Elizabeth Siegel, associate curator of photography, Art Institute of Chicago, was curator. Sarah Greenough, senior curator of photographs, National Gallery of Art, coordinated the exhibition in Washington.

**Sponsor:**The exhibition was made possible through the support of the Trellis Fund.

**Attendance:**  75,958

**Other Venues:**  Art Institute of Chicago, September 15–November 25, 2007The Contemporary Museum, Honolulu, Hawaii, December 14, 2007–February 3, 2008Henry Art Gallery, University of Washington, Seattle, October 11, 2008–January 18, 2009High Museum of Art, Atlanta, May 23–August 16, 2009

                  - Richard Misrach: On the Beach
                  -                                     Audio, Released:                                    September 7, 2010, (66:09 minutes)                                
                  - Richard Misrach, Part 3: On the Beach
                  -                                     Audio, Released:                                    August 26, 2008, (10:32 minutes)                                
                  - Richard Misrach, Part 2: Color and Scale
                  -                                     Audio, Released:                                    August 19, 2008, (11:08 minutes)                                
                  -  Richard Misrach, Part 1: Origins and Influences
                  -                                     Audio, Released:                                    August 12, 2008, (7:43 minutes)                                
                  - Press Event:  Richard Misrach: On the Beach
                  -                                     Audio, Released:                                    May 20, 2008, (28:54 minutes)                                

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