The Profound Drama of the Ordinary René Miville Dunham Family Gallery
March 19, 2026 - April 26, 2026
Image Title: Caught
Artist Reception: Friday, March 20, 2026, 5:00 PM
Miville, an innovator in the process of chemical manipulation using the classic darkroom printing method, created a substantial body of work in the late 1980s and early 1990s, at the dawn of digital photography. Each work consists of silver gelatin-paper with the basic chemical elements of developer, stop, and fixer applied; a pure photograph as we know one. However, he painted the chemistry on the photo paper. Miville’s opposing aesthetic journey sparked a vigorous curiosity and interest among museum curators and international collectors. LEARN MORE