‘David

Goldblatt:

No

Ulterior

Motive’

Review:

The

Aura

of

Apartheid

Yale University Art Gallery devotes an exhibition to the South African photographer, whose work achieved its poignant power through a focus on everyday life under his country’s racist regime. The final stop in the traveling retrospective for the late photographer, William Meyers reviews the comprehensive exhibition.

"There are some works of art so magisterial that the only appropriate response to them is silence, because anything one says will be inadequate and could potentially diminish them. The photographs of David Goldblatt are of that order, so I proceed with trepidation in discussing “David Goldblatt: No Ulterior Motive” at the Yale University Art Gallery through June 22. Judy Ditner, curator of Photography and Digital Media at Yale, ably organized the roughly 150 mostly black-and-white prints. Ms. Ditner, with Leslie M. Wilson and Matthew S. Witkovsky, also edited the excellent catalog."