School’s out for summer

June 18 - September 2, 2024
PRESS RELEASE I IMAGES

What did you want to do first once school let out for summer? Was it walks on the boardwalk? A car ride with the windows down? Putting work aside until September?

Robert Mann Gallery is pleased to present the exhibition, School’s Out for Summer, a collection of images encompassing both twentieth and twenty-first century photographs by over fifteen artists. The images reflect the celebration of vacation after the final school bell rings for the year.

A sense that adventure awaits traverses through the images, from the sprawling West Coast beaches to the quiet shores of Wales making a final stop on top of a makeshift slide into a kiddie pool in America’s heartland. 

The selection of images suggest that without the schedule of school or with a few days off from work, loved ones can relax and enjoy their time together. The images explore the interactions between people and water, with a surprise wave crashing over a dock onto unsuspecting kids, to a tensioned filled tug-of-war game by the ocean, or the explosion of a fire hydrant providing respite on the hot summer streets of New York City.

School’s Out for Summer presents a mix of moments that have the spirit of summer holidays at their core.  From the glorious beaches of Brazil in Sandra Cattaneo Adorno’s lush gold hued image from the series Águas de Ouro to the dreamy summer ride we imagine for the subject of Cig Harvey’s Surf Trip, to the pure joy we can almost hear from the revelers in Jeff Brouws’s Waveswinger.

School’s Out for Summer also features the work of Joe Deal, Larry Fink, Ed Sievers, Ann Treer, Henry Wessel and Weegee among others.

The online exclusive exhibition runs from June 18 - through September 2, 2024. For additional information and press materials, please contact the gallery at mail@robertmann.com

ROBERT MANN GALLERY MAKES THIS SUMMER’S BEST EXHIBIT

BY PHOBLOGRAPHER

It’s the summer here in the northern hemisphere — and for many younger folks, school is out! To celebrate this, the curators over at Robert Mann Gallery have put together a special online exhibition all about school being over. It’s called School’s Out for Summer — and it’s an online group showing of images from various photographers.

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School’s OUt for summer REVIEW

BY MUSÉE MAGAZINE

The exhibition draws on the ecstasy of summer and the freedom the season embodies once individuals are no longer confined to the soul-crushing fluorescent lights of school classrooms. Summer is a season where connecting back with yourself is green-lighted, and the urge to succumb to the beauty of nature is achievable through warmth and the ability to consent to the naturality surrounding individuals.

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