2020 / juried call
Lynne Cohen
Lynne Cohen (b. 1944 Racine, Wisconsin – 2014 Montreal, Quebec) is known for her photographs of domestic and institutional interior spaces. A recipient of numerous awards of merit, including the Governor General’s Award in Visual Arts and Media Arts (Canada) in 2005, and the inaugural Scotiabank Photography Award in 2011, this exhibition runs in conjunction with the opening of Cohen’s work at the Pompidou, Paris.
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From the Archives
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2013 / featured exhibition
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2011 / featured exhibition
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2009 / featured exhibition
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2023 / core / exhibition
Lynne Cohen
SeveranceAmerican-Canadian photographer Lynne Cohen (1944–2014) is known for her striking photographs of mysteriously mundane domestic and institutional interiors characterized by odd symmetries, repetitions, and absurd disjunctions of scale. Exposing the peculiar nature of empty spaces long before a global pandemic made such scenes commonplace, the selection of photographs presented in Severance feel eerily close to home decades after they were created. -
2012 / primary exhibition