Gallery Talk To Accompany "Displacement" At Muhlenberg College
Muhlenberg College's Martin Art Gallery will present a public reception and gallery talk to accompany its "Displacement" exhibition, Tuesday, March 2, 4 p.m., in the Gallery.Thursday, February 12, 2004 00:33 PM
Muhlenberg College's Martin Art Gallery will present a public reception and gallery talk to accompany its "Displacement" exhibition, Tuesday, March 2, 4 p.m., in the Gallery. "Displacement" features photography by contemporary artists Edward Burtynsky and Camilo Jose Vergara. The exhibition will be on display through April 9. Gallery hours are Wednesday-Saturday, 12 noon-9 p.m.
Gallery talk participants will be guest curator Joseph E. B. Elliott, professor of art; Jack Gambino, associate professor of political science; and Katherine Ware, photography curator for the Philadelphia Museum of Art.
With interests related to the College's current programming on the theme of sustainability and the Martin Art Gallery's dedication to interdisciplinary exhibitions, "Displacement" focuses on Burtynsky and Vergara's need to examine complex and often troubling issues of land use and social disruption. Their approaches are unflinching, and they produce works that are at once devastating and haunting, poignant and serene. Working with the methodical detachment of surveyors, Edward Burtynsky and Camilo Jose Vergara study landscapes ranging from the American and Canadian west to the ruins of Camden, New Jersey and the Yangtze River Valley of China.
