Forgotten Things Forgotten Times -- works by Onnie StrotherartUpdated on Apr 13, 2026 View more like this | Visit MONTCLAIR, NJ | Contact Studio Montclair Inc. |
Studio Montclair (SMI) is delighted to present
Forgotten Things Forgotten Times, a survey of photographs by Newark
visual artist and educator Onnie Strother. The show will run from April 16
through June 20 at SMI’s Academy Square Gallery, 33 Plymouth Street,
Montclair, NJ. An opening reception will be held on Thursday, April 16
from 6:00-8:00pm.
The exhibit comprises three series of photos depicting the vanishing
worlds of Strother’s childhood in 1950s Newark as well as other venues
that suffered a similar decline. These documentary-style photosa
testimony to both change and the dignity of everyday workprovide a
visual record of times past that were characterized by a sense of
community and personal responsibility. According to Strother, My
practice as an artist and teacher has always been rooted in the past. Each of
my three series is a study of transition: a visual record of worlds in the act
of passing away. I work documentary-style, attentive to place and to the
gestures of labor, looking for the moments when objects and people reveal
larger stories about value, endurance, and loss. The photographs are not
nostalgic fantasies; they are testimonies to change and to the dignity of
everyday work.
Forgotten Things Forgotten Times, a survey of photographs by Newark
visual artist and educator Onnie Strother. The show will run from April 16
through June 20 at SMI’s Academy Square Gallery, 33 Plymouth Street,
Montclair, NJ. An opening reception will be held on Thursday, April 16
from 6:00-8:00pm.
The exhibit comprises three series of photos depicting the vanishing
worlds of Strother’s childhood in 1950s Newark as well as other venues
that suffered a similar decline. These documentary-style photosa
testimony to both change and the dignity of everyday workprovide a
visual record of times past that were characterized by a sense of
community and personal responsibility. According to Strother, My
practice as an artist and teacher has always been rooted in the past. Each of
my three series is a study of transition: a visual record of worlds in the act
of passing away. I work documentary-style, attentive to place and to the
gestures of labor, looking for the moments when objects and people reveal
larger stories about value, endurance, and loss. The photographs are not
nostalgic fantasies; they are testimonies to change and to the dignity of
everyday work.
