Opening reception: Recollected: Photography and the Archive

What is an archive? How do artists work with, through and around one to create new work? Much has been written about the archive and its role in defining history. Photography as a medium has been used to document and archive boundless topics, from the microscopic to the macroscopic. Many artists use the photography of others as the source material of their work. Some photographers create new work through organizing and documenting existing non-photographic collections and archives. Both ways of interacting with the archive deepen the viewer's insight into the formal organization of material used to preserve the past -- recollecting history.