Predicting The Past: Zohar Studios, The Lost Years

This is an exhibition of photography and installation by Los Angeles-based artist Stephen Berkman, who grew up in the Bay Area. The exhibition consists of images by the nineteenth century Jewish immigrant photographer Shimmel Zohar from his studio on the Lower East Side in New York City. Viewers will see thirty prints in elaborate Victorian frames that address both Jewish life and the scientific state of understanding over one hundred years ago. In addition, there will be a set of environmental installations that utilize antique technological visual phenomena.

The exhibition contains thirty photographs, several large installations, a case of ephemera from the life of Shimmel Zohar, and a large format 250-page artist book about the entire Zohar project.

Credit: Exhibition overview from museum website.