COLLECTOR’S EYE: The Maloney Collection

HOUSTON, TEXAS - OCTOBER 2, 2014 - FotoFest presents the third installment of its exhibition series Collector’s Eye, highlighting the private collections of prominent Houston art patrons. For this new exhibition FotoFest showcases the collection of James Edward Maloney.

Collector’s Eye: The Maloney Collection is on view from Thursday, October 23 through Saturday, November 29, 2014, at FotoFest’s new home at Silver Street Studios, at the heart of the Houston’s vibrant Washington Avenue Arts District, at 2000 Edwards Street, Houston, Texas 77007.

Representing just a portion of Mr. Maloney’s collection, the Collector’s Eye features works from 60 internationally known artists, collected over the course of nearly thirty years. The collection includes works from well-known contemporary artists such as Sally Mann, Vee Speers, Pavel Baňka, and Anderson & Low; as well as regarded historic photographers like Bernice Abbott, Robert Doisneau, Weegee and Brassai.

Mr. Maloney’s collection is eclectic, but has a number of recurring interests including Czech photography, constructed imagery, and modern masters. FotoFest Executive Director Steven Evans, who selected the exhibition works with Mr. Maloney says he was, “struck by the scope of the collection,” all of which is normally on display on the walls of the collector’s home. “Jim has a very interesting eye,” says Mr. Evans. “First and foremost, he buys what he likes and what he wants to look at. His collecting decisions are personal and emotional, as opposed to strategic or market driven. This has resulted in a collection of images that are often surprising and deeply resonant.”

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October 23 - November 29, 2014

Jean Miele, Cosmological Argument, 2008. Courtesy of the Maloney Collection.

FOTOFEST at Silver Street Studios 2000 Edwards StreetHouston, Texas U.S.A.

OPENING RECEPTION Thursday, October 23, 6-8pm

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Mr. Maloney will be on hand for the Opening Reception Thursday October 23, 2014, 6-8pm; and will lead a talk and tour that weekend, Saturday, October 25, 2014 at 3pm. In a special event on Saturday, November 1, 2014 at 2pm, FotoFest will host a conversation in the gallery, between Mr. Maloney; Anne Tucker from the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, and Mr. Evans. An additional final exhibition tour, led by FotoFest Associate Curator Jennifer Ward, takes place Thursday, November 20, 2014 at 6:30pm.

FEATURED ARTISTS

Berenice Abbott (USA)Anderson and Low (UK)Bill Armstrong (USA)Pavel Baňka (Czech Republic)Ferenc Berko (USA)Ruth Bernhard (USA)Ilse Bing (USA)Brassai (France/Hungary)Esther Bubley (USA)Michael Butler (USA)Keith Carter (USA)Bruce Davidson (USA)Heather Dinas (Australia)Robert Doisneau (France)Natan Dvir (Israel)Max de Esteban (Spain)James Fee (USA)Adrián Fernández (Cuba)Lucas Foglia (USA)Jarmír Funke (Czech Republic)

Ralph Gibson (USA)Andrew Glickman (USA)Fritz Henle (USA)Jeffrey Hoone (USA)Christopher Hooper (USA)Carl Austin Hyatt (USA)Kenro Izu (USA)Hana Jakrlova (Czech Republic)Simen Johan (Norway)Thomas Kellner (Germany)Michael Kenna (UK/USA)Ferne Koch (USA)Sylwia Kowalczyk (Poland)Helen Levitt (USA)Susan Lipper (USA)Dina Litovsky (USA)Igor Malijevsky (Czech Republic)Sally Mann (USA)Rania Matar (USA)Monika Merva (USA)

Jean Miele (USA)Abelardo Morell (USA/Cuba)Luisa Menazzi Moretti (USA/Italy)Dorothy Norman (USA)Luis Gonzales Palma (Guatemala)Liliana Porter (Argentina)William Ropp (France)Walter Rosenblum (USA)Sanford Roth (USA)Erich Salomon (Germany)Toshio Shibata (Japan)Evžen Sobek (Czech Republic)Vee Speers (Australia/France)Stephen Szabo (USA)Fannie Tapper (USA)Cecelia Webber (USA)Weegee (USA)William Wegman (USA)Frank Yamrus (USA)

Jim Maloney is a former member of the Boards of Directors of both FotoFest and the Houston Center for Photography, and the former President of FotoFest’s Board. He is a long-time supporter of, and current Trustee of the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston (MFAH), its Photography Department, and its renowned Gus and Lyndall Wortham Curator of Photography, Anne Wilkes Tucker. Mr. Maloney has donated a number of important prints to the museum’s collection and was an underwriter of the museum’s landmark WAR/PHOTOGRAPHY exhibition in 2012.

Collector’s Eye: The Maloney Collection is open to the public October 23 – November 29, 2014; Wednesday-Saturday: 11am-5pm (excluding Thanksgiving Thursday and Friday), at Silver Street Studios, 2000 Edwards Street, Houston, Texas 77007. Admission to FotoFest exhibits and programs is free.

For more information on Collector’s Eye and other FotoFest programs, please contact FotoFest, 713.223.5522 ext. 19 or info@fotofest.org; or visit the FotoFest website at www.fotofest.org.

For media inquiries or visuals please contact Vinod Hopson, FotoFest Press Coordinator at 713.223.5522 ext 26 or vhopson@fotofest.org

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COLLECTOR’S EYE: THE MALONEY COLLECTION SPONSORSCarola and John Herrin, Gregory and Lisa Spier, Anne Wilkes Tucker

FOTOFEST 2014-2015 EXHIBITION PROGRAM SPONSORSHouston Endowment Inc; City of Houston through the Houston Arts Alliance; National Endowment for the Arts; Brown Foundation, Inc.; The Wortham Foundation; The Cullen Foundation; FotoFest Board of Directors; Judith and Gamble Baldwin; Texas Commission on the Arts; Houston Public Media; HexaGroup; iLand Internet Solutions; Silver Street Studios; and Weingarten Realty

FOTOFEST INTERNATIONAL Founded in 1983, FotoFest International was established to promote international awareness of museum-quality photo-based art from around the world. FotoFest is a non-profit photographic arts and education organization based in Houston, Texas. The first FotoFest Biennial was held in 1986. It is the first and longest running photographic arts festival in the United States. It is considered as one of the leading international photography Biennials in the world.

As an international platform for serious photographic arts exhibitions, the FotoFest Biennial has become known as a showcase for the discovery and presentation of important new work and new talent from around the world. The Biennial takes place citywide in Houston with participation from the leading art museums, art galleries, non-profit art spaces, universities and civic spaces. The 2014 Arab exhibitions will take place in FotoFest’s headquarters gallery and three to four additional FotoFest art spaces. The Biennial has an audience of 275,000 people from 34 countries. This audience includes a select group of 150 museum curators, gallerists, publishers, editors, photography collectors, directors of non-profit art spaces and international festivals from Asia, Europe, Latin America, Canada and the United States.