A Certain Alchemy: Photographs by Keith Carter

Bubble by Keith Carter, 2003                     

Window by Keith Carter, 2002                

                                                
                      

White Deer by Keith Carter, 2004          

                                                                       

Dates TBA - pending construction

This exhibition will coincide with the publication of Keith Carter's tenth monograph, the newest volume in the Southwestern & Mexican Photography Collection Book Series originating from The Wittliff Collections. Drawing from the animal world, popular culture, folklore, and religion, Carter's photographs attempt to reflect hidden meanings in the real world, exploring relationships that are timeless, enigmatic, and mythological. The Wittliff Collections include the major archive of Carter's photographs among their growing holdings. A Certain Alchemy is due in October from the University of Texas Press. An exhibit reception and program are being planned.

INSTRUCTING  |  ILLUMINATING  |  INSPIRING  

THE WITTLIFF COLLECTIONS offer a dynamic archival, exhibition, programming, and research environment designed to further the cultural legacy of the region’s literary and photographic arts, and foster “the spirit of place” in the wider world. THE SOUTHWESTERN WRITERS COLLECTION preserves and exhibits the literary papers and artifacts of principal writers, filmmakers, and musicians, including the major archives of Cormac McCarthy, Sam Shepard, and John Graves, as well as the production archives of Texas Monthly magazine, Fox’s animated series King of the Hill, and the CBS miniseries Lonesome Dove. THE SOUTHWESTERN & MEXICAN PHOTOGRAPHY COLLECTION includes the major holdings of such renowned artists as Kate Breakey, Keith Carter, and Graciela Iturbide, and houses the largest archive of modern and contemporary Mexican photography in the United States. Connie Todd, Curator.