ARCHIVED DREAMS
OCTOBER, 2022
Archived Dreams is The Nancy Willard and Eric Lindbloom Archives second of two exhibitions curated by our Archives And Exhibitions Assistant Interns, students from Vassar College in Poughkeepsie, New York and St. John’s University in Queens, New York.
Archived Dreams, The Nancy Willard and Eric Lindbloom Archives’ second online exhibition features a selection of photographs by Eric Lindbloom (1934 - 2020) and is curated by Noah Morales. Morales, an alumni of St. John’s University, served as our Archival and Exhibitions Assistant from 2021-2022.
Curatorial Statement
Archived Dreams honors Eric Lindbloom’s memory and work as an artist in a career that spanned more than five decades. With iconic selections from his projects A River That Runs Two Ways, The Waves, Private Lives of Public Places, and the Salt Marsh Grass, Archived Dreams introduces Lindbloom’s photographs to new audiences.
After several viewings of Lindbloom’s archives, I chose these photographs for their drastically different natural features. In the photograph titled Keane, New York, you can see Lindbloom’s unique use of natural light. My eye is first drawn to the flowers in the foreground, then up and behind them to the water in a circular movement. And in the photograph from his series The Waves, my eye moves in a linear diagonal back and forth. Eric’s choice of silver gelatin prints in black and white provides his work with a uniformed structure. Through Lindbloom’s abstract lens, he creates dynamic viewpoints in which we feel a sense of natural and serene isolation.
— Noah Morales
