Cantor Arts Center & Anderson Collection Magazine | Spring - Summer 2023

SPRING/SUMMER 2023

NEW AT THE ANDERSON COLLECTION
Convergence Zone APR. 5–AUG. 27, 2023
Deborah Butterfield, Three Sorrows (quake, tsunami, meltdown from Gretel Ehrlich’s Facing the Wave)
detail, 2016. Cast bronze, wood, plastic, wire, found objects. Courtesy of Tia Collection, Santa Fe, NM
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SPRING/SUMMER 2023
5 WHAT’S NEW AT THE CANTOR
A young Yu: Mourning Rituals—Media art
installation, through MAY 7, 2023
A Change of Scenery: Photographs of Leisure
in the Landscape, through JUL. 16, 2023
6–7 EXHIBITION SPOTLIGHT
Reality Makes Them Dream: American
Photography, 1929–1941,
MAR. 29–JUL. 30, 2023
8–9 WHAT’S NEW AT THE ANDERSON
The Lost Birds, through FEB. 1, 2024
Convergence Zone, APR. 5–AUG. 27, 2023
Art Adventures: family guide
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A Change of Scenery: Photographs of Leisure in
the Landscape
Barbara Morgan (American, 1900–1992), Children
Dancing by Lake, c. 1936, printed 1972. Gelatin silver
print. Courtesy Bruce Silverstein Gallery, NY. Cantor Arts
Center, Stanford University. Gift of the artist in memory
of Belva Kibler, 1986.159. © Barbara Morgan Archive
10-11 THINGS TO DO
Loss, renewal, and regeneration: Artist
A young Yu in conversation,
MAR. 2, 2023
Hands and The River (film screening)
APR. 6, 2023
Family Day, APR. 16, 2023
Gallery Talks
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Reality Makes Them Dream: American Photography,
1929–1941
John Vachon (American, 1914–1975), Girl on Lobster,
Washington, D.C., 1938. Gelatin silver print. Cantor Arts
Center, Stanford University. Gift of R. Joseph and Elaine
R. Monsen, 1977.120
COVER IMAGE: Helen Levitt (American, 1913–2009), New
York, c. 1938. Gelatin silver print. Cantor Arts Center.
The Capital Group Foundation Photography Collection
at Stanford University, 2019.45.2. © Helen Levitt Film
Documents LLC. All rights reserved
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Loss, renewal, and regeneration: Artist A young Yu in
conversation, MAR. 2, 2023
A young Yu (American, born in Korea, 1990), in
collaboration with Nicholas Oh (American, born in 1985),
Mourning Rituals, 2022. Digital video (still, detail), 21:47
min. Courtesy of the artist
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TABLE OF CONTENTS

WELCOME
Welcome to a new year at the Cantor! After more than half
a year at the helm of the museum, I am mindful of how all of
us here strive to create spaces for joy, respite, and critical
thinking for students and the community.
Please bring your friends and family to the museum to enjoy our
latest exhibitions. The major spring show, Reality Makes Them Dream: American
Photography, 1929–1941, continues the series of exhibitions around the
generous gift from the Capital Group Foundation of photographs by Ansel
Adams, John Gutmann, Helen Levitt, Wright Morris, and Edward Weston.
Our Capital Group Foundation Curatorial Fellow for Photography, Josie R.
Johnson, PhD, organized this exhibition of imaginative imagery. We are
delighted to also present A Change of Scenery: Photographs of Leisure in the
Landscape featuring photographs from the collection that examine how we
interact with nature and how this informs our collective identity. A young Yu:
Mourning Rituals is a captivating performance-based video that is part of the
Asian American Art Initiative. The film, set in various locations such as, the
Hudson Valley of New York, Hawaii, and the Korean Demilitarized Zone, is an
opportunity to engage visually with Korean folklore, ritual, and dance. These
two lens-based exhibitions are curated by Maggie Dethloff, PhD, assistant
curator of photography and new media.
As we head into 2023, I’d like to thank our members and visitors, as
well as our dedicated staff and loyal volunteers, for creating an incredible arts
community here at the Cantor and at Stanford.
—Veronica Roberts, John and Jill Freidenrich Director
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Photo: Andrew Brodhead

A young Yu: Mourning Rituals—Media art installation
Through MAY 7, 2023
Madeleine H. Russell Gallery—105
A young Yu’s work engages with Korean folklore, ritual, and dance,
reinterpreting and regenerating it for contemporary, diasporic contexts.
Mourning Rituals is a performance-based video reimagining the Korean
ssitkimgut ritual, during which the spirits of the deceased are cleansed and
guided into the afterlife.
We gratefully acknowledge support from the Robert Mondavi Family Fund. IMAGE: A young Yu (American, born
in Korea, 1990), in collaboration with Nicholas Oh (American, born in 1985), Mourning Rituals, 2022. Digital video (still),
21:47 min. Courtesy of the artist
A Change of Scenery: Photographs
of Leisure in the Landscape
Through JUL. 16, 2023
Ruth Levison Halperin Gallery—211
This exhibition surveys ways of “being”
in the landscape, encompassing
common activities like sightseeing,
recreation, and play, and affective
states like joy, intimacy, affinity, and
belonging. Featuring approximately
55 American photographs from the
19th and 20th centuries from the
Cantor’s collection featuring people
in various outdoor public spaces, this
single-gallery exhibition considers the
importance of access to nature and
leisure, what access entails, and how it
shapes identity.
We gratefully acknowledge support from the Halperin Exhibitions Fund. IMAGE: Robert Frank (American, born in Switzerland,
1924–2019), Couple with Child Sleeping in Woods, c. 1950. Gelatin silver print. Gift of Raymond B. Gary, 1984.493.94.
© Andrea Frank Foundation
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WHAT’S NEW AT THE CANTOR

REALITY
MAKES THEM
DREAM
AMERICAN PHOTOGRAPHY, 1929–1941
MAR. 29–JUL. 30, 2023
Freidenrich Family Gallery—221
In the fall of 1930, Stanford
biology professor Laurence Bass-
Becking used a curious phrase
to describe the photography
of his friend Edward Weston:
“Reality makes him dream.” In
typical usage, the words “reality”
and “dream” convey opposite
meanings; the former does not readily lead to the latter. Few people
today would associate dreaminess with this period of US history,
yet Bass-Becking penned this statement one year into the economic
turmoil that would last until the nation’s entry into World War II in
December 1941.
Nearly a century later, the time
is ripe for a fresh look at the
photography made in the crucible
of the Great Depression. This
exhibition presents more than
100 photographs, periodicals,
and photobooks made across
the United States in the 1930s.
Five photographers featured in
the Capital Group Foundation
Photography Collection at the Cantor Arts Center—Ansel Adams,
John Gutmann, Helen Levitt, Wright Morris, and Edward Weston—are
highlighted alongside a diverse selection of photographs by
their contemporaries.
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This exhibition
offers an alternative
understanding of this
material by taking Bass-
Becking’s phrase as
its point of departure.
Most histories of 1930s
American photography
tend to view this work as
primarily documentary
in style and purpose. This exhibition contends that a key goal
for artists of this period was to use photography to ignite the
imagination, even while pursuing an increasingly transparent
approach that mirrored the world as they saw it. From the delicate
curve of a leaf to the jostle of a crowded city street, reality made
these photographers and their audiences dream.
This exhibition is curated by Josie
R. Johnson, PhD, the Capital
Group Foundation Curatorial
Fellow for Photography at the
Cantor Arts Center.
An accompanying publication features
reproductions of 83 objects from the
exhibition and a suite of short essays
by photography scholars affiliated with
Stanford University.
$30/$27 members
We gratefully acknowledge support from the Capital Group Foundation
Photography Collection Fund, the Kazak Acquisitions and Exhibitions
Support Fund, the Elizabeth K. Raymond Fund for Photography at the
Cantor Arts Center, the Hohbach Family Fund for Educational Outreach,
and the Mark and Betsy Gates Fund for Photography at the Stanford
Museum of Art. IMAGES: Berenice Abbott (American, 1898–1991),
Warehouse, Water and Dock Streets, 1936. Gelatin silver print. Cantor
Arts Center, Stanford University. Gift of Daniel Mattis, 1986.304 •
Marion Post Wolcott (American, 1910–1990), One of the Wilkins family making biscuits for dinner on cornshucking day
at Mrs. Fred Wilkins’ home near Tallyho, Granville County. North Carolina, 1939. Gelatin silver print. Cantor Arts Center,
Stanford University. Gift of Judith Hochberg and Michael Mattis, 1986.295 • Russell Lee (American, 1903–1986), Jim
Norris and Wife, Homesteaders, Pie Town, New Mexico, 1940. Dye transfer print. Cantor Arts Center, Stanford. University
Committee for Art Acquisitions Fund, 1984.176 • Ansel Adams (American, 1902–1984), Georgia O’Keeffe and Orville
Cox, Canyon de Chelly National Monument, Arizona, 1937. Gelatin silver print. Cantor Arts Center. The Capital Group
Foundation Photography Collection at Stanford University, 2019.42.20. Used with permission of and © The Ansel
Adams Publishing Rights Trust
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EXHIBITION SPOTLIGHT

The Lost Birds
Through FEB. 1, 2024
Stanford Arts District
The Anderson Collection is partnering
with Stanford Live and the Stanford
Office of the Vice President for the
Arts to present Todd McGrain’s The Lost
Birds Project. With outdoor locations in
front of the Anderson Collection and
Bing Concert Hall and along Museum
Way, five bronze sculptures represent
five North American birds driven to
extinction. In February, Stanford Live
presented Stanford alumnus Christopher
Tin’s Grammy-winning score for The Lost Birds Project documentary,
which chronicles McGrain’s work to memorialize these extinct species.
Courtesy of the Lost Birds Project and presented through the collaboration of Stanford Live, Anderson Collection at Stanford
University, and Stanford Office of the Vice President for the Arts. IMAGE: Todd McGrain, Passenger Pigeon, driven to extinction
1914, n.d. Bronze. Courtesy of the Lost Birds Project and presented through the collaboration of Stanford Live, Anderson
Collection at Stanford University, and Stanford Office of the Vice President for the Arts. Photo: Andrew Brodhead
WHAT’S NEW AT THE ANDERSON
Convergence Zone
APR. 5–AUG. 27, 2023
Wisch Family Gallery
Recent destructive storms
in California shone a
spotlight, once again, on how
vulnerable our communities
are to the forces of nature.
When we consider other “unusual” natural events occurring across
the country and the globe, it raises questions about humankind’s role
in creating them. Convergence Zone focuses on the human-planet
relationship, featuring artworks by Deborah Butterfield, Ethan Estess,
Helen and Newton Harrison, and Jean Shin, the 2022–23 Denning
Visiting Artist and artist-in-residence at Stanford School of Medicine’s
LaBeaud Lab.
A convergence zone is an atmospheric region where two
prevailing winds interact. The air and water flow conditions in
convergence zones encourage accumulation, including the amassing
of discarded plastics in some regions of the ocean. The artworks in
Convergence Zone bring together reflections on the human impact
on bodies of water and how the planet responds with a spectrum of
natural consequences. Learn more at: https://stanford.la/conv23
This exhibition is organized by the Anderson Collection at Stanford University. We gratefully acknowledge support from
Museum members. IMAGE: Deborah Butterfield, Three Sorrows (quake, tsunami, meltdown from Gretel Ehrlich’s Facing the
Wave), 2016. Cast bronze, wood, plastic, wire, found objects. Courtesy of Tia Collection, Santa Fe, NM
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Art Adventures
Explore the museum through the eyes of Anderson Collection
artist Josef Albers! Art Adventures is Anderson Collection’s new
family guide for all ages that introduces art vocabulary, word
games, drawing exercises, and close looking, all guided by the
works of Albers. Pick one up at the welcome desk the next time
you visit! Learn more at: https://stanford.la/artad1
Created by Nik Rost with contributions
by Mhar Tenorio ’24
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Loss, renewal, and regeneration:
Artist A young Yu in conversation
MAR. 2, 2023, 6 PM
Cantor Auditorium
Join New York-based artist A young
Yu and collaborator Nicholas Oh in
conversation with Bay Area artist
Indira Allegra about the themes
of ancestral ritual, loss, renewal,
and regeneration in relation to the
concurrent exhibition, A young Yu:
Mourning Rituals. The discussion will be moderated by Cantor Director
of Academic and Public Programs Christina Linden.
Free registration at: https://stanford.la/ayy23
We gratefully acknowledge support from the Robert Mondavi Family Fund. IMAGE: A young Yu (American, born in Korea,
1990), in collaboration with Nicholas Oh (American, born in 1985), Mourning Rituals, 2022. Digital video (still, detail),
21:47 min. Courtesy of the artist
Hands and The River
APR. 6, 2023, 6 PM
Oshman Hall, McMurtry Building
Please join us for a special screening of the
16 mm films Hands (1934), direction and
photography by Ralph Steiner and Willard
Van Dyke, plus The River (1938), written
and directed by Pare Lorentz, presented in
conjunction with the exhibition Reality Makes
Them Dream.
We gratefully acknowledge support from the Hohbach Family Fund.
Family Day
APR. 16, 2023, 9:30 AM–4 PM
Celebrate art and family with a
day of art-making and musical
performances on the lawn
between the Cantor and the
Anderson Collection.
THINGS TO DO
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Free registration at:
https://stanford.la/a4a2023
Family Day is made possible through the generous support of
the Hohbach Family Fund.

Gallery Talks
Enjoy in-gallery talks about the Cantor’s special exhibitions and collection.
Gallery talks are first-come, first-served. Meet in the gallery.
A Change of Scenery: Photographs of
Leisure in the Landscape
Ruth Levison Halperin Gallery—211
Wednesday, February 22 at noon
Thursday, May 4 at noon
Thursday, July 6 at noon
Led by curator Maggie Dethloff
Martin Mason Hazeltine (American, 1827–1903), 1606. Yo-Semite Falls, 2,634
Feet High, 1870. Albumen print. Cantor Arts Center, Stanford University.
Museum Purchase Fund, 1972.14.46
Reality Makes Them Dream: American
Photography, 1929–1941
Freidenrich Family Gallery—221
Thursday, April 27 at noon
Led by curator Josie Johnson
Berenice Abbott (American, 1898–1991), Sumner Healy Antique Shop, 1936. Gelatin
silver print. Cantor Arts Center, Stanford University. Gift of Judge Leonard Edwards,
2014.28
Cantor Collection
Meet in the main lobby
Friday, March 10 at noon
Friday, May 12 at noon
Friday, July 14 at noon
Led by curator Patrick Crowley
François-André Vincent (French, 1746–1816), Zeuxis
Choosing his Models for the Image of Helen from among
the Girls of Croton, c. 1791. Oil on canvas. Cantor Arts
Center Collection, Gift of the Robert and Ruth Halperin
Foundation, 2007.28
Free registration for all of these
programs and information on
more upcoming events at:
https://stanford.la/happening23
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Family Day
APR. 16, 9:30 AM–4 PM
Celebrate art and family with a day of
art-making and musical performances
on the lawn between the Cantor and the
Anderson Collection. Free registration at:
https://stanford.la/a4a2023
Family Day is made possible through the generous support of the Hohbach Family Fund
Become a Cantor/Anderson Member!
Membership not only gives you access to
engaging cultural and social activities, such
as exhibition openings and family activities,
but you also receive invitations to a variety of
member-exclusive events. Members at the Artist
Circle level and above can save the date for
Jazz at the Gates on May 13, 2023 and look
forward to an evening of live music, cocktails,
and hors d’oeuvres. Learn more and join us
today at: museum.stanford.edu/support
Save the Date: Jazz at the Gates, May 13, 2023