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Fullmoon@Californian Oaks, 2005,
C-print mounted on aluminum, 48 x 48 inches
Courtesy of Matthew Marks Gallery, New York

The Impossible Landscape
Wednesday, November 29 - Sunday, March 4 -closed December 19, 2006 - February 5, 2007  
University Gallery
Photographs, drawings, paintings, sculpture, and film by well known and emerging British, American, and Canadian artists including Darren Almond, Tacita Dean, Janice Kerbel, Melanie Carvahlo, and others.
This exhibition aims to juxtapose and foreground how these artists re-think the genres of landscape through photography, film, sculpture, painting and drawing. While the artists might be seen to be interested in dreamy or fantastical landscapes, their work also suggests that for them, traditional ways of depicting landscapes have become impossible. The desire to represent the natural world remains, but new modes of representation become urgent.
Guest curated by Mark Godfrey (Lecturer, Slade School of Art, London) and Jodie Jacobson (curator, Horticultural Society, New York). An exhibition catalogue will be produced.Sponosred by Sponsored in part by The British Council and the Horticultural Society of New York

 

ASSOCIATED EVENTS

Opening Reception
The Impossible Landscape
Wednesday, November 29, 2006     from 6:00 pm to 8:00 pm
University Gallery
Join us for the opening reception for "The Impossible Landscape". At 7pm there will be a talk with curator, Jodie Vincenta Jacobson, from the Horticultural Society of New York and artists Melanie Carvalho and Peter Coffin.
free and open to the public

 

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