Whom You Know: Take a Trip to Washington D.C. "Landscapes in Passing" opens today at Smithsonian American Art Museum

Friday, July 26, 2013

Take a Trip to Washington D.C. "Landscapes in Passing" opens today at Smithsonian American Art Museum

Exhibition

"Landscapes in Passing: Photographs by Steve Fitch, Robbert Flick and Elaine Mayes"

July 26 - Jan. 20, 2014

Where

Smithsonian American Art Museum, Eighth and F streets NW

Graphic Arts galleries, second floor

Description

The American landscape has inspired generations of artists, but the 48 photographs in this presentation - by Steve Fitch, Robbert Flick and Elaine Mayes - are a far cry from traditional representations of the subject. Where painters of the Hudson River School saw the sublime and survey photographers of the 19th century discerned supernatural majesty in America's landscapes, Fitch, Flick and Mayes find evidence of civilization's rapid expansion into suburbs and exurbs. This view updated the idyllic portrayal of the American landscape that had persisted into the 20th century, notably in photographs by Ansel Adams. Informed by the reality of the interstate highway system and the increasingly mediated culture of 1970s America, these photographers depict the country in passing, as drive-through scenery rather than entrancing wilderness. Their images, created between 1971 and 1980, foreshadow today's even more media-saturated environment and the telegraphic relationship to the natural world that it encourages.

The photographs by Fitch, from his series "Diesels and Dinosaurs" (1971-76), capture the typical sights and attractions that defined roadside America. Flick's photographs, drawn from his series "Sequential Views," consist of grids of images made in Los Angeles in 1980 as he traversed the streets, stopping at prescribed temporal or geographical intervals. Mayes's photographs, from her series "Autolandscapes" (1971), present America as seen from a moving-car window.

The installation is part of a series that highlights objects from the museum's collection that are rarely on public display. The artworks in this installation were selected by Lisa Hostetler, McEvoy Family Curator for Photography.

Free Public Programs

Fitch, Flick and Mayes will discuss their work in a panel discussion moderated by HostetlerThursday, Sept. 12, at 7 p.m. Hostetler will present a gallery talk Wednesday, Oct. 2, at 6 p.m. More information is available at americanart.si.edu/calendar/.

The Smithsonian American Art Museum, located above the Gallery Place/Chinatown Metrorail station, is open daily from 11:30 a.m. to 7 p.m. Admission is free. Follow the museum on Twitter, Facebook, Flickr, Pinterest, ArtBabble, iTunes and YouTube. Smithsonian information: (202) 633-1000. Museum information (recorded): (202) 633-7970. Website: americanart.si.edu.

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