Andrew Beckham Month of Photography Lecture
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Month of Photography Lecture | Andrew Beckham
Friday, March 17, 2017 7:00–8:30 pm, Doors open at 6:30 pm
Andrew Beckham has been called a “visual poet” for his contemplative body of work that seeks to make sense of humanity’s place in nature. In his photography, the minutia of life has equal weight to the sublime vista. His juxtapositions of scale and visual associations elicit thoughts on both form and the psyche, and lend poignancy to the places and things he depicts. The Colorado Springs Fine Art Center presented an extensive mid-career retrospective of Beckham’s work, Firmament, in 2013 in conjunction with the publication of his monograph by George F. Thompson Books.
Tickets for Month of Photography lectures are $5 for students, DAM members, and CPAC members, $10 for general admission.
Image credits: Andrew Beckham, A Star Chart of Brambles, 2008. Inkjet print. Denver Art Museum Collection: Gift of Nicholas and Monica Cafaro, 2016.337. (above) The Firmament Begins in My Backyard, 2010. Inkjet print. Denver Art Museum Collection: Gift of Nicholas and Monica Cafaro, 2016.342. (below) © Andrew Beckham
Upcoming lectures:
Thursday, March 23, 2017 7:00–8:30 pm, Doors open at 6:30 pm
A fourth-generation Coloradan, Gary Emrich uses humor and pop-culture iconography to both celebrate and poke fun at the myths of the West in his art. Making what he calls “straight photographs in the studio,” Emrich constructs his images from found and collected materials that include family mementos, kitsch objects, and even throw-away packaging. Through his inventive recontextualizations, he addresses deeper concerns like water scarcity, the aerospace industry, and personal memories. Promise, an exhibition of Emrich’s recent work in photography and video, was featured at the Colorado Springs Fine Arts Center in 2016.
Image credit: Gary J. Emrich, Rodeo Clown, 2011. Inkjet print. Denver Art Museum Collection: Gift of Jennifer Doran and Jim Robischon of the Robischon Gallery and an anonymous patron, 2015.307. © Gary Emrich
Thursday, March 30, 2017 7:00–8:30 pm, Doors open at 6:30 pm
Benjamin Rasmussen grew up in a family of missionaries in rural Philippines and questions of home, community, and identity were endemic to his childhood experience. These human connections have continued to drive his photographic practice. In Down Hernani Shores, Rasmussen documents the destruction and rebuilding of the town of Hernani, Philippines in the wake of Typhoon Haiyan. Combining portraiture and landscape work, along with drawings by the town’s children, he reveals the effects of the typhoon on the residents’ lives and livelihoods. By the Olive Trees, a collaborative work with Michael Friberg self-published in newspaper format, presents the olive tree as a marker of permanence in a place defined by its tenuousness—the Zaatari Syrian refugee camp in Jordan.
Image credit: Benjamin Rasmussen, from By the Olive Trees, 2015. © Benjamin Rasmussen
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