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December Issue
2009
Columbia Museum
of Art in Columbia, SC, Features Major Exhibit of Works by Ansel
Adams
The Columbia Museum
of Art in Columbia, SC, is presenting the exhibit, Ansel Adams:
Masterworks From the Collection of the Turtle Bay Exploration
Center, Redding, CA, featuring some of the photographer's
best-loved work, on view through Jan. 17, 2009.
This collection of 47 gelatin silver prints by Ansel Adams (1902
-1984) represents a selection Adams made late in his life to serve
as a representation of his life's work and what he felt were his
best images. Called "The Museum Set," the full
selection of 75 images reveals the importance Adams placed on
the drama and splendor of natural environments. Included in Ansel
Adams: Masterworks are many of Adams' most famous and best-loved
photographs that encompass the full scope of his work: elegant
details of nature, architectural studies, portraits, and the breathtaking
landscapes for which he is revered.
In a career that spanned more than five decades, Adams became one of America's most beloved landscape photographers and one of its most respected environmentalists. There are few artists whose name and works represent the extraordinary level of popular recognition and artistic achievement as that of Ansel Adams.
Adams' popularity also lies in the fact that he starts with familiar subjects like aspens, mountain streams and rocky shorelines. Upon this foundation of the familiar he introduces a luminous, scintillating clarity, as in Mount Williamson, The Sierra Nevada, from Manzanar, California, included in the show.
Writers, critics and fellow artists have presented many reasons for Adams' popularity. Among them is his deeply held conviction that place matters and that the world around us is a marvel to behold and to respect and honor. His photographs interpret the voice of nature and celebrate its beauty with poignant and romantic feeling. Through his meticulous selection from among all the variables of exposure, filter, position, and myriad other factors, Adams created a rationalized naturalness, free of the discomfort of chaos.
The collection was donated to The Turtle Bay Exploration Park, Redding, CA, by Dr. Fidel Realyvasquez. The traveling exhibition is organized by The Turtle Bay Exploration Park, Redding, CA, in association with Landau Traveling Exhibitions, Los Angeles, CA. Since 1967, Landau Traveling Exhibitions has presented more than 700 fine art and architecture exhibitions at museums and university galleries throughout the United States and the world.
Marriott is the presenting sponsor for the exhibit and significant support for the exhibit has been provided by an anonymous donor.
A number of related programs will be offered in conjunction with this exhibit, contact the Museum for a complete schedule.
The Columbia Museum
of Art is South Carolina's premier international art museum and
houses a world-class collection of European and American art.
Founded in 1950, the Museum opened its new building on Main Street
in 1998 with 25 galleries. The collection includes masterpieces
of the Italian Renaissance, Baroque and Rococo from the Samuel
H. Kress Collection, porcelain and works by significant furniture
and silver makers, as well as American, Asian, and modern and
contemporary art. In recent years the Museum's collection of Asian
art and Antiquities has grown through generous gifts to the collection.
Of particular interest are Sandro Botticelli's Nativity,
Claude Monet's The Seine at Giverny, Canaletto's View
of the Molo, and art glass by Louis Comfort Tiffany.
The Museum offers changing exhibitions from renowned museums as
well as educational programs for all ages that include art classes,
art camps, lectures, films and concerts. It is the recipient of
a National Art Education Association award for its contributions
to arts education and an Elizabeth O'Neill Verner Governor's Award
for the Arts for outstanding contributions to the arts in South
Carolina. Generous support to the Museum is provided by the City
of Columbia, Richland County, the South Carolina Arts Commission
and the Cultural Council of Richland and Lexington Counties.
For further information
check our SC Institutional Gallery listings, call the Museum at
803/799-2810 or at (www.columbiamuseum.org).
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