More Is More: Reinventing Photography Beyond the Frame
Curated by Marijana Rayl
The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City, MO
August 2, 2025-January 18, 2026
More Is More: Reinventing Photography Beyond the Frame presents singular works of art created from multiple photographs. Set in the experimental time of the mid-1960s to 1980s, the exhibition features artists who deconstructed, reconstructed, and multiplied photographs, playfully pushing photography’s physical boundaries and conceptual limits.
By the 1970s photography had clawed its way from the margins of the art world, gaining greater acceptance in museums, galleries, and university classrooms. A new generation of artists began integrating photography into their artistic practice, working alongside photographers who were already fully engaged in the medium. With this newfound adoption—particularly among Conceptual and Performance artists—photography found itself at the vanguard of creativity.
Lew Thomas, American (1932–2021, Throwing-Nikomat, 1973. Gelatin silver prints, each 13 3/8 × 10 3/8 inches. The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Gift of the Hall Family Foundation, 2015.20.255. © Lew Thomas.
