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Courtside: Photographs by Bill Bamberger

Student Co-Curated Exhibition

January 26 – May 13, 2018
Bill Bamberger, Public school playground, Sedona, Arizona (detail), 2009. Inkjet print on archival paper. Courtesy of Bill Bamberger. © Bill Bamberger.

The Nasher Museum presented Courtside: Photographs by Bill Bamberger, an exhibition of vibrant color photographs that capture a variety of basketball hoops around the world. The artist, Bill Bamberger, is a Durham resident and instructor at Duke’s Center for Documentary Studies and the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. From Maine to Florida and Rwanda to Mexico, the hoops indicate places both where basketball is played and where communities and relationships are built. They are objects that often shape and reflect these communities. As a part of many diverse landscapes, the hoops become integral elements of each location’s unique narrative. Duke undergraduate students curated the exhibition through a Curatorial Practicum class taught at the Nasher Museum by assistant curator Molly Boarati.

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Storytelling in the Gallery: Courtside

Enjoy a storytelling hour with Duke and UNC-Chapel Hill faculty, inspired by images in the exhibition Courtside: Photographs by Bill Bamberger, within The Collection Galleries. Featured guests John Biewen...

Thursday, February 22, 2018 | 67 PM

It really does seem that basketball hoops are everywhere.

Brittany Halberstadt, Duke Class of 2019
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