Inside the MFAH Posts by Jon Evans
Jon Evans is the chief librarian and archivist at the Museum’s Hirsch Library.
Radical Ink: “Beautifully Packed Dynamite” of El Techo de la Ballena January 9, 2019
El Techo de la Ballena, an avant-garde group of Venezuelan artists active during the 1960s, produced publications that promoted an anarchic, violent, and aggressive stance toward politics and culture. A few of these printed materials are on view in the exhibition Contesting Modernity: Informalism in Venezuela, 1955–1975.
Transcend the Simple Act of Seeing: Explore “10×10 Photobooks” at the Hirsch Library February 27, 2017
“A good photobook asks the reader to pick it up, smell its ink, and follow (or not follow) its sequence of images. This intimate experience is what makes a photobook special.” We at the Hirsch Library welcome you to a hands-on experience with “CLAP! – 10×10 Contemporary Latin American Photobooks.” On March 2 & 3, members of the New York–based nonprofit organization 10×10 Photobooksvisit …
