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Headlighting: Photographs by Thaddeus Holownia

Stephen Goddard, curator

April 1, 2017–May 14, 2017

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This exhibition highlights a recent gift of more than 40 photographs by Thaddeus Holownia from his series Headlighting, which features portraits of people with their cars. Holownia took the photos using an 8-inch by 20-inch Gundlach Banquet camera during a trip to Kansas. The images in this exhibition speak to the 1970s, car culture in Kansas, fashion, and the creative use of large format, panoramic cameras.

Works of art

untitled (barefoot man with truck), Thaddeus Holownia — Thaddeus Holownia

untitled (barefoot man with truck), 1974–1977

untitled (police officer with squad car), Thaddeus Holownia — Thaddeus Holownia

untitled (police officer with squad car), 1974–1977

untitled (bearded man in front of jeep), Thaddeus Holownia — Thaddeus Holownia

untitled (bearded man in front of jeep), 1974–1977

untitled (couple with umbrella in front of car), Thaddeus Holownia — Thaddeus Holownia

untitled (couple with umbrella in front of car), 1974–1977

untitled (old man posing with truck), Thaddeus Holownia — Thaddeus Holownia

untitled (old man posing with truck), 1974–1977

untitled (man in hat standing behind a car), Thaddeus Holownia — Thaddeus Holownia

untitled (man in hat standing behind a car), 1974–1977

untitled (hippie couple in front of car), Thaddeus Holownia — Thaddeus Holownia

untitled (hippie couple in front of car), 1974–1977

untitled (security guard in front of an unmarked car), Thaddeus Holownia — Thaddeus Holownia

untitled (security guard in front of an unmarked car), 1974–1977

untitled (woman with sunglasses on scooter), Thaddeus Holownia — Thaddeus Holownia

untitled (woman with sunglasses on scooter), 1974–1977

untitled (man in bell-bottom pants posing with small car), Thaddeus Holownia — Thaddeus Holownia

untitled (man in bell-bottom pants posing with small car), 1974–1977

untitled (trucker posing with molasses tanker truck), Thaddeus Holownia — Thaddeus Holownia

untitled (trucker posing with molasses tanker truck), 1974–1977

untitled (man in car with a crowd), Thaddeus Holownia — Thaddeus Holownia

untitled (man in car with a crowd), 1974–1977

untitled (man inside shed with a tin roof), Thaddeus Holownia — Thaddeus Holownia

untitled (man inside shed with a tin roof), 1974–1977

untitled (man in front of a truck in a shipping yard), Thaddeus Holownia — Thaddeus Holownia

untitled (man in front of a truck in a shipping yard), 1974–1977

untitled (man with glasses in a sports car), Thaddeus Holownia — Thaddeus Holownia

untitled (man with glasses in a sports car), 1974–1977

Car Salesmen, Kansas, Thaddeus Holownia — Thaddeus Holownia

Car Salesmen, Kansas, 1974–1977

untitled (two chimney sweepers in front of a truck), Thaddeus Holownia — Thaddeus Holownia

untitled (two chimney sweepers in front of a truck), 1974–1977

untitled (man posing with sports car), Thaddeus Holownia — Thaddeus Holownia

untitled (man posing with sports car), 1974–1977

untitled (man and woman posing with two cars), Thaddeus Holownia — Thaddeus Holownia

untitled (man and woman posing with two cars), 1974–1977

untitled (woman sitting on the hood of a car), Thaddeus Holownia — Thaddeus Holownia

untitled (woman sitting on the hood of a car), 1974–1977

untitled (man in hat in front of a car), Thaddeus Holownia — Thaddeus Holownia

untitled (man in hat in front of a car), 1975–1977

untitled (man and child in front of a tow truck), Thaddeus Holownia — Thaddeus Holownia

untitled (man and child in front of a tow truck), 1974–1977

untitled (man in front of a covered pickup truck), Thaddeus Holownia — Thaddeus Holownia

untitled (man in front of a covered pickup truck), 1974–1977

untitled (woman in sundress in front of car), Thaddeus Holownia — Thaddeus Holownia

untitled (woman in sundress in front of car), 1974–1977

untitled (shirtless man posing with El Camino), Thaddeus Holownia — Thaddeus Holownia

untitled (shirtless man posing with El Camino), 1974–1977

untitled (man leaning against van), Thaddeus Holownia — Thaddeus Holownia

untitled (man leaning against van), 1974–1977

untitled (man driving an antique fire truck), Thaddeus Holownia — Thaddeus Holownia

untitled (man driving an antique fire truck), 1974–1977

untitled (man in overalls sitting on a pickup truck), Thaddeus Holownia — Thaddeus Holownia

untitled (man in overalls sitting on a pickup truck), 1974–1977

untitled (couple posing in front of a convertible buggy), Thaddeus Holownia — Thaddeus Holownia

untitled (couple posing in front of a convertible buggy), 1974–1977

untitled (two young men posing with car), Thaddeus Holownia — Thaddeus Holownia

untitled (two young men posing with car), 1974–1977

untitled (two men in hats posing with a flatbed truck), Thaddeus Holownia — Thaddeus Holownia

untitled (two men in hats posing with a flatbed truck), 1974–1977

untitled (man in T-shirt leaning against a sports car), Thaddeus Holownia — Thaddeus Holownia

untitled (man in T-shirt leaning against a sports car), 1974–1977

untitled (couple in front of a car), Thaddeus Holownia — Thaddeus Holownia

untitled (couple in front of a car), 1974–1977

untitled (man posing with an antique car and trailer), Thaddeus Holownia — Thaddeus Holownia

untitled (man posing with an antique car and trailer), 1974–1977

untitled (two men with baseball hats posing with car), Thaddeus Holownia — Thaddeus Holownia

untitled (two men with baseball hats posing with car), 1974–1977

untitled (man in plaid pants sitting in a dragster), Thaddeus Holownia — Thaddeus Holownia

untitled (man in plaid pants sitting in a dragster), 1974–1977

untitled (a man smoking posed with a car), Thaddeus Holownia — Thaddeus Holownia

untitled (a man smoking posed with a car), 1974–1977

untitled (portrait of Lee Wright), Thaddeus Holownia — Thaddeus Holownia

untitled (portrait of Lee Wright), 1974–1977

untitled (portrait of Lee Wright's father), Thaddeus Holownia — Thaddeus Holownia

untitled (portrait of Lee Wright's father), 1974–1977

untitled (Visual Studies Workshop, portraits of Janet Zweig and Bobbe Besold), Thaddeus Holownia — Thaddeus Holownia

untitled (Visual Studies Workshop, portraits of Janet Zweig and Bobbe Besold), 1974–1977