Displaced Perspectives
dal 8/7/2001 al 7/10/2001
Segnalato da
8/7/2001
Displaced Perspectives
UCR California Museum of Photography, Riverside
From June 30 through October 10, 2001, UCR/California Museum of Photography will present Displaced Perspectives: Photographs and Installation by Adam Baer, the first major solo exhibition of work by up-and-coming New York artist Adam Baer. Displaced Perspectives combines still photography with installation art to offer a fascinating look at this innovative young artist's original and inventive method of both constructing and deconstructing complex photographic spaces.
Photographs and Installation by Adam Baer
From June 30 through October 10, 2001, UCR/California Museum
of Photography will present Displaced Perspectives: Photographs and
Installation by Adam Baer, the first major solo exhibition of work by
up-and-coming New York artist Adam Baer. Displaced Perspectives
combines still photography with installation art to offer a fascinating look at this
innovative young artist's original and inventive method of both constructing and
deconstructing complex photographic spaces.
Baer's large color photographs are bafflingly bizarre spaces formed as the
result of ingenious set construction combined with view camera technology.
Baer's work begins with the building of large and elaborate labor and time
intensive "sets" that take months to complete. These temporary sets are then
photographed with a view camera, the resulting image a conglomeration of
collapsed and confused planes, ambiguous scale, obsessive detail and
soft-focus created by the view camera's tilts and swings. In the age of the
digitally altered photograph, Baer's images are a testament to pre-visualization
and "pure" photography.
For Displaced Perspectives, Baer will reconstruct in the museum's main
gallery the "set" for his latest photograph. This finished photograph will be
displayed, along with eight earlier images, on the mezzanine bridge overlooking
the installation. Museum-goers will thus be offered the unique opportunity to
simultaneously experience the actual constructed space and the finished
product.
Baer earned his BFA in Photography from the State University of New York
at Purchase in 1991 and has participated in a number of group shows. He is the
recipient of the New York Foundation for the Arts Fellowship, the Aaron
Siskind Foundation Fellowship, and the J.S. Guggenheim Memorial Foundation.
Baer will be in attendance during the opening reception, which will be held on
June 30, 2001, from 7-9 pm. A catalog for the exhibition is forthcoming in
August. On October 6, 2001, the museum will hold a symposium on Baer's
work entitled "Adam Baer: Playing with Perspective."
Hours: Tuesday -Sunday, 11 AM - 5 PM. On Wednesdays, during the
Riverside Street Festival season (April through October) the museum is open
until 8 PM. The museum is closed Mondays, Thanksgiving Day, Christmas Day
and New Year's Day.
UCR/California Museum of Photography, 3824 Main Street, Riverside, California
Director: Jonathan Green ( jonathan.green@ucr.edu )
Associate Director: Cathleen Walling ( cmpcw@pop.ucr.edu )
Curator of Collections: Steve Thomas ( sthomas@pop.ucr.edu )