Who Shot Rock and Roll Ends Nation-Wide Tour at the Columbia Museum of Art

COLUMBIA, SC.- Who Shot Rock & Roll is the first major exhibition on rock and roll to put photographers in the foreground, acknowledging their creative and collaborative role in the history of rock music. The exhibition includes 175 works by more than 100 photographers, and covers the rock and roll era from the 1950s to the present, including some of the world’s most iconic images. The exhibition opens to the public at the Columbia Museum of Art on Friday, February 25 – a free admission day, courtesy of BlueCross BlueShield of South Carolina – and runs through May 22, 2011. It was organized by the prestigious Brooklyn Museum of Art and opened there to rave reviews and record-breaking attendance. Columbia is the last stop on the nation-wide traveling tour. New York Times reviewer, Ken Johnson wrote, “…to study images of Elvis Presley, Madonna and others when they were starting out is to marvel at the youth of those who

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