Artist Reception and Gallery Talk- The Wide Open
6:00 PM Missoula Art Museum
Description:
The Wide Open is an exhibition featuring three of the most accomplished contemporary photographers working today: Lee Friedlander, Lois Conner, and Geoffrey James. The works in this exhibition comprise the artists’ interpretations of the high plains of northeastern Montana where the American Prairie Reserve is being created to restore and preserve the wide open for generations to come. To honor and draw attention to the mammoth undertaking of the American Prairie Foundation, renowned photographer Lee Friedlander was invited to create his vision of the vastness of the high plains. While best known for his portraits, nudes, still lifes, and studies of people at work, Friedlander has been making personal expeditions to the West for twenty years. At his suggestion, two additional photographers with years of experience picturing the western landscape were also invited to Montana to work on the project. Geoffrey James, one of Canada’s
Age Group: All Ages Venue: Missoula Art Museum Address: 335 N. Pattee St. Phone: 406-728-0447
Missoula Art Museum
