UMaine Art Museum Announces Summer Exhibits
The University of Maine Museum of Art in Bangor has announced two summer exhibits opening June 24 through Sept. 24, one an exploration of early photographic processes practiced in the 1840s, and another, a national exhibit of photographs by fine art photographers from around the country, including several from Maine.
In an exploration of early photographic processes, “New Dawn Fades: Photography by Thomas Hager” pays homage to, expands upon and re-examines historic practices used by photographers Sir John Herschel and Anna Adkins as he forges a path through new techniques and technology to achieve large-scale images.
Hager looks to art history for inspiration. Works by Leonardo da Vinci, Andreas Vesalius and others are layered atop Hager’s photographs of various models. At times Hager points the camera on himself, including a haunting self-portrait “Departure,” in which the nude torso of the photographer is layered with an anatomical drawing of a skeleton.
In “Photo National 2011: A Survey of Contemporary Photography,” 76 works by 34 fine art photographers feature a considerable quantity of color images, which underscore the wide-spread practice of digital photography and archival inkjet printing. Works in a range of styles including historical photographic processes, photo-collage and assemblage, photo-documentary and abstraction are highlighted.
Photo-documentary approaches are well represented in the exhibition, as well as the landscape, contemporary portraits and interior spaces.
Maine-based photographers represented in the exhibition include Jeffery C. Becton (Deer Isle), Melonie Bennett (Gorham), Leslie Bowman (Prescott), Anne-Claude Cotty (Stonington), Julie K. Gray (South Portland), Sean Alonzo Harris (Portland), Robert Moran (Bar Harbor), Jim Nickelson (Camden), Dianna Rust (Camden), Sarah Szwajkos (Rockland) and Shoshannah White (Portland).
Additional information is available on the UMMA website.
Contact: Kathryn Jovanelli, (207) 561-3350