‘YOUNG AMERICANS’ ON VIEW AT ATLANTA’S HIGH MUSEUM

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ATLANTA, GA. — “Young Americans,” a dynamic new series of photographs by Atlanta-based photographer Sheila Pree Bright, is on view at the High Museum of Art through August 10.

The exhibition explores the identities of US citizens and immigrants pursuing citizenship by presenting portraits of Americans aged 18 to 25, each posing with an American flag.

The exhibition consists of 28 large-format chromogenic prints, several accompanied by statements from the subjects revealing their opinions and attitudes about American culture and society. After its debut here, “Young Americans” will travel to the Amistad Center for Art and Culture, an affiliate institution housed within the Wadsworth Atheneum Museum of Art in Hartford, Conn.

Additional venues yet to be announced will follow.

“The High Museum is proud to debut this vital new work,” said Michael E. Shapiro, Nancy and Holcombe T. Green Jr Director at the High Museum of Art. “Sheila Pree Bright’s ‘Young Americans’ brings an exciting and timely dialogue about American identity to the High in this election year. The exhibition offers a fresh, contemporary perspective and an insightful look at the attitudes and beliefs of young adults.”

Pree Bright began working on the “Young Americans” series in the fall of 2006, and her swift development of the project led to her selection as the inaugural recipient of an artist-in-residency at the Amistad Center for Art and Culture.

The High Museum of Art is at 1280 Peachtree Street. For information, www.high.org, www.amistadartandculture.org or 404-733-4000.