Barbara Kasten's Five Decades of Photographic Innovation Surveyed at Akron Art Museum

The Akron Art Museum is showcasing an exhibition titled "Barbara Kasten: Threshold," which surveys the artist's innovative career spanning over five decades. The exhibit features a blend of new works and selections highlighting Kasten's unique approach at the crossroads of photography, sculpture, and installation. Visitors can explore her sculptural installations, photography, and video, installed in the Beatrice Knapp McDowell Grand Lobby and Fred and Laura Bidwell Gallery. Kasten's practice focuses on creating studio environments using geometric forms, mirrors, and theatrical lighting, ultimately exploring themes of optical illusion and spatial ambiguity across two interconnected sites at the museum.