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The College of New Rochelle’s Gordon Parks Gallery is set to present "Bridging the Gap," which will display the works of Gordon Parks and his daughter Toni Parks starting on Monday, Nov. 4, according to a press release. The exhibit promises to touch "on issues that Gordon and Toni Parks address in their black and white, and color prints, which collectively span over fifty years," according to the release.
The "Bridging the Gap" exhibition runs from Nov. 4 to May 2 and a special reception is scheduled for 5:30 p.m. Nov. 9 at The Gordon Parks Gallery located on the John Cardinal O’Connor Campus of The College of New Rochelle at 332 East 149th Street in the Bronx, according to a press release.
The photographs in the exhibit have been selected from the permanent collection of prints donated by Gordon Parks and Toni Parks to the Gordon Parks Gallery when it opened in 1991, according to the release. Gordon Parks was a photographer, writer, filmmaker, and activist who "broke racial barriers and created a diverse body of commercial and personal work," according to the release.
"A versatile artist, he was one of the first African-Americans to direct a Hollywood film (his work includes The Learning Tree, Shaft, and Leadbelly), and also composed pieces of instrumental music including several film scores," representatives wrote in the release. "Other firsts for an African-American include the first to work for the Farm Security Administration and the first to work for the Office of War and Information. Parks indulged his daughter Toni Parks with music lessons, weekend museum visits, and discussed life and relationships with her in his White Plains darkroom."
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