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Garrick’s Work in Athens National Archaeological Museum

garrickThe American photographer and Florida Arts Editor, Josh Garrick, will exhibit at the National Archaeological Museum of Athens, which is one of the top 10 museums in the world.

Garrick is about to become the first American in the 124-year history of the Archaeological Museum of Athens to present an exhibition of his work, making art history in Greece.

The exhibition is entitled Seeking the Ancient Kallos and will be shown on September 12, 2013 until January 8, 2014, “with most of the works highlighting details of the Greek treasures that may be found within the museum.”

Garrick’s exhibition will include his works in black and white photography printed on aluminum.

In an interview to Wandering Educators-A Global Community of Educators, Sharing Travel Experiences, Garrick said that he has been to Greece more than 40 times, including the times he has traveled to Greece as a professor with students from the School of Visual Arts in New York City. “I’ve always felt like I am “home” when I’m there,” he noted.

Garrick talked about his 30-year friendship with Marios Voutsinas, who over the years has helped him gain access to many Greek monuments, museums, and works of art that most foreigners don’t have.

During the course of the exhibition there will be lectures, some in Greek and some in English, the actual dates of which have not yet been set.Museum book catalog cover

Garrick mentioned that, “I led and taught 15 student groups to Greece for the School of Visual Arts. Each trip was a three-week Humanities course with the course title, “The Art & Culture of Ancient Greece,” and each of those trips began at the National Archaeological Museum in Athens. The museum is filled with some of the greatest works of art ever created.”

“I’ve always taught my students, ‘the responsibility of the photographer is to help the viewer see in a different way.’ Out of respect for the artists who created these works thousands of years ago, I feel an enormous responsibility to honor the brilliance and sense of pride in humanity that these works represent,” Garrick said giving advice to young photography students.

Garrick concluded saying, “It is my sincere hope that my photographs will help persuade those who view my work to recognize – and value – the cultural legacy that began in Athens. It is the greatest honor of my life to bring my work ‘home to Greece.’”

“As I do, I ask each of us to reflect and understand how very different our lives would be today if Athens had not been “the school to the world” over 2,400 years ago.”.

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