FALL 2011 EXHIBITIONS
Geography of Memory: Land, Nature and Spirit
in the works of Amalia Mesa-Bains, 1991-2011
August 28, 2011 to January 6, 2012
Amalia Mesa-Bains is a California-based artist, curator, and writer. She was honored as the Fresno Art Museum's Distinguished Woman Artist of 2011 by FAM and the Council of 100.
Barron Bixler: A New Pastoral: Views of the San Joaquin Valley
August 28, 2011 to January 6, 2012
Bixler is a photographer who is drawn to borderlands, boundaries, and marginal places. A New Pastoral: Views of the San Joaquin Valley looked at California's Great Central Valley's agricultural landscape with an unflinching, personal eye.
Icons from the Collection of A. and P. Stefanopoulos
August 28, 2011 to January 6, 2012
Byzantine icons from local collection of A. and P. Stefanopolous to honor FAM's neighbor to the west, St. George's Greek Orthodox Church.
Micha Langer's Lost Lake and Beyond: Photo Impressions
August 28, 2011 to January 6, 2012
The images in this exhibit were created by cameras from two different eras. The pinhole camera is the oldest in the history of photography. In this process, the light enters the film chamber through a very small hole (hence, the name “pinhole”) and exposes the reflected light of the image onto the film. There is no lens to focus the light rays. The image, therefore is soft and distorted in appearance. The camera used for the “Lost Lake” project was a broken down Nikkomat 35mm camera, which was modified as a pinhole camera. He used 400 ASA films, which gave the grainy effect Langer wanted. Originally he used 16 x 20 Ilford warm tone photographic paper for the photos. To enhance the look he wanted, he made a reproduction of each photo using a digital camera. The images were then manipulated in his computer.
In the other half of this exhibit the images were created with the tool of today: a digital camera. Those images were again manipulated by Langer to create the final images exhibited here.
All photos exhibited are printed with an Epson digital printer on Epson photographic paper. Each one is unique and is the only print which will be published.