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Theme
No matter how varied the form or focus that art embodies, the one thing that all art shares is the ability to in some way appeal to the senses. My museum contains art works that are appreciated because they accentuate a certain asthetic quality found in the natural world. In these particular pieces, the artist chose to focus on a single image or material that emphasizes a theme from nature. It is not about getting a message or provocative shock value, but the shear sensual pleasure these artists bring to their work.
Museums Design
The gallery is oval in shape with a faade of green marble. The roof has skylights to enhance the art with natural lighting when possible. It is placed in a natural space surrounded by a well-preserved wooded area. As a visitor approaches the building they will immediately notice one of Jappie King Blacks installation pieces made of living plant material. As visitors enter the gallery they will be given booklets containing detailed information about each artist and the works featured in this show. The art will be arranged around the exterior gallery wall as follows: to the right the exhibit begins with the imagined images of Vincent Van Gogh followed by the captured images of Edward Weston and Christopher Burkett and the tactile works of Anna Von Mertens and Jappie King Black, whose large works will be located in the center of the room. The visitors are invited to go along this route or simply meander among the art works however they prefer. The most important thing is to enjoy these wonderful pieces for their individual merits.
Gallery Artists
Vincent Van Gogh Edward Weston Christopher Burkett Anna Von Mertens Jappie King Black
Edward Weston
Photographer Edward Weston started taking photographs at the age of sixteen. He is best known for photographing forms of nature, close-ups, nudes and landscapes. Along with Ansel Adams, Sonya Noskowiak, Imogen Cunningham and Willard Van Dyke, Weston created the Group f/64 organization in 1932. The name was chosen because these photographers favored setting their aperture to 64 in order to achieve sharpness both in the foreground and background of their pictures. He was the first photographer to be awarded a Guggenheim Fellowship (in 1936) for experimental work. The subjects that Weston chose to photograph are ordinary, but the way he shot them makes them astonishing. Weston transformed their common form into something sculptural by going close-up to his subject matter. Through unaltered, straight forward images, he revealed the innate textural composition and essential beauty of his photographic prints.
Christopher Burkett
Christopher Burkett is a highly respected color landscape photographer. He uses an 8x10 view camera and still hand-prints all of his photographs. Burkett believes that a pixel will never be a photon and vows never to use digital printing processes. To Burkett photography is a means of articulating the elegance, luminosity and splendor the natural world imparts. He strives to eternalize what he witnesses in the transitory image of one particular moment.
Anna Von Mertens, A sunrise you might see, not unlike the one I saw today
(September 19, 2007 and September 19, 2082) 2008, hand-dyed, hand-stitched cotton, 54" x 100"
Anna Von Mertens, Western Sky/ The Sky Color of Los Angeles, San Francisco and Seattle
at 4 p.m., October 23-29th 2000, hand-dyed, hand-stitched cotton, steel angle, steel tubing, plastic sheet, 60" x 80" x 15"
Anna Von Mertens, "Gold! Gold! Gold from the American River!"
(Sunset, January 24, 1848, Sutter's Mill, Coloma, California) 2008, hand-dyed, hand-stitched cotton, 54" x 100"
Jappie King Black, Lines and Vines grapevine & mixed media on paper
approx. 10' x 20' Installation at Phoenix Gallery, New York, New York