Memory is a Verb Exhibition at Bonsack Gallery in St. Louis, MO

Bonsack Gallery at John Burroughs School Welcomes Memory is a Verb

Memory is a Verb: Exploring Time and Transience will be exhibited at the Bonsack Gallery at John Burroughs School in St. Louis, MO from August 25 - October 2, 2023. The opening reception is Friday, August 25 from 5:30-7:30 PM. The reception will include remarks by Scott Deken, PhD, about memory and the brain at 6 pm. Dr. Deken teaches a Grade 12 elective in behavioral neuroscience at John Burroughs School. 

Molly Moog, a curatorial assistant at the Pulitzer Arts Foundation in St. Louis and an alumni of John Burroughs School, is the curator for the exhibition.

Moog’s Curatorial Statement

Memory—although often considered static—is changeable and built upon individuals’ perceptions. New insights continuously illuminate prior experiences, influencing our understanding of the present moment. Likewise, the present slips into the past at the instant we seek to define it. 

Memory is a Verb unites the work of eleven women photographers exploring notions of time and transience. Images of family, friends, and spaces—both familiar and unfamiliar—reflect the artists’ deeply personal meditations on change, loss, mortality, and legacy. Some photographers reckon with the passage of time by returning to the same subject over days, months, or years. Others alter images through multiple exposures or chemical interventions, exploring the vulnerability of photographs and the memories attached to them. Capitalizing upon the camera’s ability to fix a moment in time, these artists highlight the centrality of photographs to our understanding of the past and present.

Memory is a Verb is curated by Molly Moog ’08 and features the work of Elizabeth Bailey, Annette LeMay Burke, Dena Eber, Sarah Hadley, Diane Hemingway, Susan Lapides, Jennifer Pritchard, Annie Omens, Lori Ordover, Rosalie Rosenthal ’85, and Aline Smithson.

Bonsack Gallery
John Burroughs School
755 S. Price Rd.
St. Louis, MO, 63124