Aerial Farm Photography exhibit opens at Kenderdine Art Gallery
Posted February 18, 2003
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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE - February 18, 2003 2003-02-08-OTHER
Aerial Farm Photography exhibit opens at Kenderdine Art Gallery
Aerial Farm Photography samples aerial photographs shot by entrepreneurs,
researchers, cartographers and contemporary artists. It will be on display
at the Kenderdine Art Gallery from February 28 to April 13, 2003.
The exhibition has several parts, including the following:
- Aerial photographs by H.D. Howdy McPhail of North Battleford show the
farming communities of west central Saskatchewan during the early 1950s.
- Shelley Sopher's monumental art work, The Garden, is a detailed and
appreciative study of indigenous prairie flora.
- The well-known curator and archivist Brock V. Silversides explores the
unexpected beauty of vertical aerial photographs, a form typically
associated with cartography.
- Contemporary artists Joe Fafard, Michael Maranda, and Darlene Kalynka each
have different takes on aerial photography. Joe Fafard draws on the land
itself; Darlene Kalynka explores generational and gender dilemmas of the
family farm; and Michael Maranda's abstracted landscapes and prose together
present a historical riddle.
The exhibition opens on Friday, February 28 at 8:00 p.m. During the opening,
meet artist Shelley Sopher who will present an informal tour of The Garden.
Sopher's talk will begin at 8:15 p.m.
Aerial Farm Photography has been organized by Dunlop Art Gallery, and
supported by the Department of Canadian Heritage, the Regina Public Library,
the Saskatchewan Arts Board, the Museums Association of Saskatchewan, F:11
Photographic Design Ltd., Saskatoon, Age-Old Aerial Farm Photos, the
Saskatchewan Archives Board, and the Medicine Hat Museum and Art Gallery.
The Kenderdine Art Gallery is located on the second floor of the Agriculture
Building, University of Saskatchewan campus. Heated parking is available in
the lower level for $2 after 6:00 p.m.
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For more information, or to arrange an interview with Shelly Sopher, please
contact:
Helen Marzolf
Assistant Curator
Kenderdine Art Gallery
University of Saskatchewan
Phone (306) 966-6662
Fax (306) 978-8340
marzolf@skyway.usask.ca.
