At the Architecture and Design Exchange in the Republic Center downtown, “Time: Sojourns in Stone and Light” surveys 50 years of Dallas photographer Carolyn Brown’s work in ancient architecture and marks the publication of an accompanying book by Southern Methodist University’s Bridwell Press.
Carolyn Brown’s “The Sweeper,” Temple of Amun, Great Hypostyle Hall at Karnak, Egypt.
Carolyn Brown
In addition to the Roman and Hellenistic monuments that much inspired neoclassicism in America, Brown’s photography treats subjects ranging from the very ancient (Egyptian and Babylonian) to the later antique (Byzantine and Muslim), as well as the more obscure Sabaeans in the Horn of Africa. Pairs of photographs also draw analogies between places abroad and Dallas landmarks such as Fair Park’s Hall of State and the chapel at downtown’s Thanks-Giving Square.
Monumentality — an easily recognized, if less easily defined quality that accounts for much of the appeal of these great buildings — comes through wonderfully well in Brown’s images, which are as attentive to the atmosphere and context surrounding the monuments as they are to the structures themselves.
Details
“Time: Sojourns in Stone and Light, Photography by Carolyn Brown” continues through Jan. 3 at Ad Ex Dallas, 325 N. St. Paul St., Suite 150, Dallas. Open Tuesday through Friday from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. and Friday from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Free. 214-880-1550. dallasadex.org.
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