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Jules Aarons: In the Jewish Neighborhoods, 1946-76

Jules Aarons: In the Jewish Neighborhoods, 1946-76

Arcade Gallery, Photo Study Space, Phyllis and Jerome Lyle Rappaport Media Space

September 26, 2009 - January 3, 2010

Selected from the Permanent Collection portfolio In the Jewish Neighborhoods, 1946-76, the forty-six photographs on view by renowned street photographer Jules Aarons (1921-2008) vary in subject, site location, and span the artist's career. While many of the images have appeared independent of each other in a variety of publications and exhibitions, grouped in this portfolio, they take on new meaning and highlight Aarons's active exploration of historic and contemporary Jewish neighborhoods at home and throughout his many travels. This exhibition includes images of Boston's ethnically diverse West End, the historically Jewish districts in Paris as well as places symbolic of Aarons's childhood and family communities in the Bronx and Rockaway, NY. Organized by Koch Curatorial Fellow Nina Gara Bozicnik.

This exhibition has been funded in part by Phillip and Shelley Aarons in honor of Gus and Arlette Kayafas.

Generous funding for all of DeCordova's Fall photography exhibitions is provided by the Lois and Richard England Family Foundation.

Jules Aarons

Untitled (West End, Boston), from the portfolio In the Jewish Neighborhoods, 1946-76, 1947-53; printed 2003
silver gelatin print, printer's proof II
8 3/4 x 8 1/2 inches
DeCordova Permanent Collection, Gift of Arlette and Gus Kayafas, 2008.53
Jules Aarons

The Stoop (West End, Boston), from the portfolio In the Jewish Neighborhoods, 1946-76, 1947-53; printed 2003
silver gelatin print, printer's proof II
8 3/4 x 8 1/4 inches
DeCordova Permanent Collection, Gift of Arlette and Gus Kayafas, 2008.53
Jules Aarons

Girl with Graffiti (West End, Boston), from the portfolio In the Jewish Neighborhoods, 1946-76, 1947-53; printed 2003
silver gelatin print, printer's proof II
8 1/2 x 11 1/4 inches
DeCordova Permanent Collection, Gift of Arlette and Gus Kayafas, 2008.53
Jules Aarons

Untitled (West End, Boston), from the portfolio In the Jewish Neighborhoods, 1946-76, 1947-53; printed 2003
silver gelatin print, printer's proof II
DeCordova Permanent Collection, Gift of Arlette and Gus Kayafas, 2008.53
Jules Aarons

West End Meat Market (West End, Boston), from the portfolio In the Jewish Neighborhoods, 1946-76, 1947-53; printed 2003
silver gelatin print, printer's proof II
9 x 10 5/8 inches
DeCordova Permanent Collection, Gift of Arlette and Gus Kayafas, 2008.53
Jules Aarons

Untitled (The Bronx, New York), from the portfolio In the Jewish Neighborhoods, 1946-76, 1946-76; printed 2003
silver gelatin print, printer's proof II
8 5/8 x 8 1/2 inches
DeCordova Permanent Collection, Gift of Arlette and Gus Kayafas, 2008.53
Jules Aarons

Untitled (West End, Boston), from the portfolio In the Jewish Neighborhoods, 1946-76, 1947-53; printed 2003
silver gelatin print, printer's proof II
8 1/2 x 8 3/8 inches
DeCordova Permanent Collection, Gift of Arlette and Gus Kayafas, 2008.53
Jules Aarons

Untitled (West End, Boston), from the portfolio In the Jewish Neighborhoods, 1946-76, 1947-53; printed 2003
silver gelatin print, printer's proof II
8 5/8 x 8 3/8 inches
DeCordova Permanent Collection, Gift of Arlette and Gus Kayafas, 2008.53
Jules Aarons

Untitled (Israel), from the portfolio In the Jewish Neighborhoods, 1946-76, printed 2003
silver gelatin print, printer's proof II
8 5/8 x 8 3/8 inches
DeCordova Permanent Collection, Gift of Arlette and Gus Kayafas, 2008.53
Jules Aarons

Conversation Piece (West End, Boston), from the portfolio In the Jewish Neighborhoods, 1946-76, 1947-53; printed 2003
silver gelatin print, printer's proof II
8 3/4 x 8 1/16 inches
DeCordova Permanent Collection, Gift of Arlette and Gus Kayafas, 2008.53
Jules Aarons

Untitled (West End, Boston), from the portfolio In the Jewish Neighborhoods, 1946-76, 1947-53; printed 2003
silver gelatin print, printer's proof II
8 x 8 7/8 inches
DeCordova Permanent Collection, Gift of Arlette and Gus Kayafas, 2008.53
Jules Aarons

After the Argument (West End, Boston), from the portfolio In the Jewish Neighborhoods, 1946-76, 1947-53; printed 2003
silver gelatin print, printer's proof II
8 7/8 x 8 1/8 inches
DeCordova Permanent Collection, Gift of Arlette and Gus Kayafas, 2008.53
Jules Aarons

Untitled (West End, Boston), from the portfolio In the Jewish Neighborhoods, 1946-76, 1947-53; printed 2003
silver gelatin print, printer's proof II
11 x 9 5/16 inches
DeCordova Permanent Collection, Gift of Arlette and Gus Kayafas, 2008.53
Jules Aarons

Laundry in the Courtyard (The Bronx, New York), from the portfolio In the Jewish Neighborhoods, 1946-76, 1954; printed 2003
silver gelatin print, printer's proof II
8 3/4 x 8 1/2 inches
DeCordova Permanent Collection, Gift of Arlette and Gus Kayafas, 2008.53
Jules Aarons

North Station Elevated From Above, from the portfolio In the Jewish Neighborhoods, 1946-76, 1949; printed 2003
silver gelatin print, printer's proof II
7 5/8 x 8 1/4 inches
DeCordova Permanent Collection, Gift of Arlette and Gus Kayafas, 2008.53
Jules Aarons

Finishing Touch (West End, Boston), from the portfolio In the Jewish Neighborhoods, 1946-76, 1947-53; printed 2003
silver gelatin print, printer's proof II
11 3/4 x 9 inches
DeCordova Permanent Collection, Gift of Arlette and Gus Kayafas, 2008.53
Jules Aarons

Untitled (West End, Boston), from the portfolio In the Jewish Neighborhoods, 1946-76, 1947-53; printed 2003
silver gelatin print, printer's proof II
11 5/8 x 7 1/4 inches
DeCordova Permanent Collection, Gift of Arlette and Gus Kayafas, 2008.53
Jules Aarons

Untitled (West End, Boston), from the portfolio In the Jewish Neighborhoods, 1946-76, 1947-53; printed 2003
silver gelatin print, printer's proof II
7 1/2 x 12 inches
DeCordova Permanent Collection, Gift of Arlette and Gus Kayafas, 2008.53