295 Scheman Bldg.

Iowa State Center

Ames, Iowa 50011

515.294.4442

 

Hours for the Brunnier Art Museum:

Tues - Fri 11am-4pm

Sat - Sun 1-4pm

Closed Monday's and University Holidays

 

Imaging a Shattering Earth:

Contemporary Photography and the Environmental Debate
 

November 1, 2008-March 1, 2009 at the Brunnier Art Museum, 295 Scheman Building

Fifty-six color and black-and-white photographs explore the ecological degradation unleashed by the industrial revolution that is increasingly leading concerned photographers to bear witness to the profound transformation of our world. While natural calamities wreak havoc upon the environment, this exhibition and catalogue underscore human-induced threats and damages. The exhibition is intended to reaffirm the urgency of a global response.

 

Removed from the realm of domesticity, the selected works of art look beyond individual rapport with the environment, our household water usage, recycling efforts, and fuel consumption, in order to foreground the impact of societal behaviors, industrial practices, corporate priorities and governmental policies. Favoring industrial complexes, mining sites, dried-up lakes, landfills, waste ponds, nuclear test sites, and other exclusion zones, exhibition artists aspire to convey the big picture. By assuming a certain distance from their subject, they draw attention to the reckless stewardship of our planet.

 

Participating artists are Edward Burtynsky, John Ganis, Peter Goin, Emmet Gowin, David T. Hanson, Jonathan Long, David Maisel, David McMillan, Robert and Shana ParkeHarrison, John Pfahl, and Mark Ruwedel. The exhibition is curated by Claude Baillargeon. The exhibition is nationally co-sponsored by Oakland University Art Gallery, Rochester, Michigan and CONTACT Toronto Photography Festival, with local support from the Center for Excellence in the Arts and Humanities, and University Museums, Iowa State University, Ames, Iowa.

 

Exhibition Website created by Oakland University.

 

PROGRAMS

 

Saturday and Sunday, December 13th and 14th, 2008 from 1 – 4pm in the Brunnier Art Museum

Family Favorites @ The Brunnier Art Museum– Imaging a Shattering Earth

Family Favorites is a new way to view the current University Museums exhibitions. Bring your family to the Brunnier Art Museum, Christian Petersen Art Museum, or Farm House Museum on the designated Family Favorite’s weekend to view the current exhibitions. As you enter the museum don’t forget to take a ballot. Using a critical eye, choose one work of art to be your Family Favorite and write your choice on the ballot to place your vote. The work of art receiving the largest number of votes at each museum will be announced on our website and each family that participates will be entered to win a drawing for a family year-long membership to University Museums.