Driskel Vintage Photography

Guglielmo Pluschow

Driskel Vintage Photography

Baron Von Gloeden & Co.
Vintage Photographs

Driskel Vintage Photography
August 24- September 6, 2001
Opening Reception: Friday, August 24, 7-10p.m.

Driskel Vintage Photography at the Schoolhouse Center for Art
and Design in Provincetown, MA presents an exhibition of vintage photographs by the German/Italian photographer Wilhelm Von Gloeden and his circle.

Sundrenched classical ruins sometimes peopled with young men , nude or wearing togas, evoke an Arcadia thick with a frank sensuality. Capitalizing on a persistent desire for escape to an imagined Classical world , Von Gloeden, his cousin Guglielmo Pluschow, and Vincenzo Galdi produced these startling photographs from the late 19th into the early 20th century.

Featured also are similar works by lesser known members of this group, Gaetano D’Agata and Giovanni Crupi. Having run afoul of authorities for their work in their lifetimes and later
(in the case of Von Gloeden) having it destroyed by the Fascists, this work is now collected by major museums throughout the world.

The Schoolhouse Center is located at 494 Commercial Street in Provincetown's historic East End Gallery District. The Galleries are open daily from 11 and always by appointment. For more information please call Larry Collins at (508) 487.4800.