thru Aug 17 Earth Work: Mark Ruwedel @ NV Museum of Art
May 10, 2008 thru Aug 17, 2008
160 W. Liberty
Reno, NV 89501
Tel: 775.329.3333
E-mail: art@nevadaart.org
Gallery and Museum Store Hours
Tues - Sun: 10 am to 5 pm
Thursdays 10 am to 8 pm
Galleries closed Mondays
and national holidays.
Fee: $10 / $8 NMA members
This exhibition, featuring black-and-white photographs by Southern California-based photographer Mark Ruwedel, explores the different ways that humans have made marks on the surface of the earth. By juxtaposing images of large-scale Earthworks such as Robert Smithson’s Spiral Jetty with documentary photographs of historic railroad cuts made in mountain ranges throughout the American West, Ruwedel speculates that human alterations to the landscape have been driven by a range of creative and commercial intentions.
This exhibition is presented as part of the NMA’s Art + Environment exhibition series, an initiative that brings community, artists, and scholars together to explore the interaction between people and their environments.