FECHIN HOUSE EXHIBITIONS
"Tanic Acid" by Zoë Zimmerman
Forsaken Objects and Untold Stories
Photographs by Zoë Zimmerman
On View: through March 30, 2025, in the Fechin House
Zoë Zimmerman's unique ability to take breathtaking photographs that capture vulnerability, intimacy, and nostalgia is ever-present in this exhibition of photographs of the Fechin family's ephemera, a treasure trove of personal items that were left untouched in the basement of the Fechin House. The discovery of these items is a rare event, providing a unique insight into the renowned family, not just as Nicolai Fechin the artist, his wife, and daughter, but who they were as human beings. From intimate items belonging to Alexandra, such as cosmetics and prescriptions, to Nicolai's paints and varnishes, Zimmerman memorializes each dust-covered item through her artful lens with profound depth and emotion, leaving the viewer deeply moved and intrigued to want to know more.
Zimmerman said, "There is a story in these discarded indicators of their lives... a sentimentality for the past and the melancholy evoked by people who are gone, and only these personal reminders remain."
Zoë Zimmerman grew up in and continues to live in Taos, New Mexico, where she began photographing at a young age. She studied photography at the Rhode Island School of Design, receiving a BFA in 1986. Her work is widely shown and collected nationally and internationally and is included in many public collections, including the Museum of Modern Art, the Harwood Museum, the Museum of New Mexico, the Harry Ransom Center for the Humanities, the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, and others.
Zimmerman's photographs, as well as personal portraits and landscapes by Nicolai Fechin, are exhibited. The exhibition catalog features all the photographs showcased in the exhibition, along with some special bonus photographs that can only be seen in the publication.
Photographs by Zoë Zimmerman
On View: through March 30, 2025, in the Fechin House
Zoë Zimmerman's unique ability to take breathtaking photographs that capture vulnerability, intimacy, and nostalgia is ever-present in this exhibition of photographs of the Fechin family's ephemera, a treasure trove of personal items that were left untouched in the basement of the Fechin House. The discovery of these items is a rare event, providing a unique insight into the renowned family, not just as Nicolai Fechin the artist, his wife, and daughter, but who they were as human beings. From intimate items belonging to Alexandra, such as cosmetics and prescriptions, to Nicolai's paints and varnishes, Zimmerman memorializes each dust-covered item through her artful lens with profound depth and emotion, leaving the viewer deeply moved and intrigued to want to know more.
Zimmerman said, "There is a story in these discarded indicators of their lives... a sentimentality for the past and the melancholy evoked by people who are gone, and only these personal reminders remain."
Zoë Zimmerman grew up in and continues to live in Taos, New Mexico, where she began photographing at a young age. She studied photography at the Rhode Island School of Design, receiving a BFA in 1986. Her work is widely shown and collected nationally and internationally and is included in many public collections, including the Museum of Modern Art, the Harwood Museum, the Museum of New Mexico, the Harry Ransom Center for the Humanities, the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, and others.
Zimmerman's photographs, as well as personal portraits and landscapes by Nicolai Fechin, are exhibited. The exhibition catalog features all the photographs showcased in the exhibition, along with some special bonus photographs that can only be seen in the publication.