NEWS: ST. GEORGE ART MUSEUM : May 26 through September 8, 2012

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ST. GEORGE ARTMUSEUMMay 26 through September 8, 2012MainGallery         Starry, Starry Night:  The Paintings of Serena SuppleeMezzanineGallery Starry, Starry Night, National Parks through the Lens of WallyPacholkaLegacy Gallery  Great Basin Exteriors: APhotographic Survey (Nevada Arts Council-opens June 21^st) withArt Conversation on June 21st at 7pm (3^rd Thursday Art ConversationSeries)
About 150 yearsago, the West was known as the last frontier in America. Once the space race began, space was labeled the final frontier.  In the exhibits on view this summer, you have a chance toexplore both, as well as America’s best idea, according to Wallace Stegner, ournational parks.  In the Legacy Gallery beginning June 21st, we feature,The Great Basin from the Nevada Arts Council.  Great Basin Exteriors: A Photographic Survey, an exhibition of 30 photographs bythree regional artists – Adam Jahiel, Daniel Cheek and Nolan Preece – which examines loss, change andabandonment in the American West.
In this exhibit,the Great Basin is roughly defined as the area between the Wasatch Mountainsalong the Idaho and Utah borders and the Sierra Nevada Mountains along theNevada and California borders. The three photographers featured in the exhibithave, independently, concentrated on the documentation of subjects that arechanging in or rapidly disappearing from the Western landscape.
Geologically,the Great Basin is part of the Basin and Range Province that covers most ofNevada and more than half of Utah, as well as parts of California, Idaho,Oregon and Wyoming. Jahiel’s photograph of cowboys in Northern Nevadapoignantly illustrates both this rugged way of life and its marginalization incontemporary society. Daniel Cheek’s work celebrates the spaciousness of theGreat Basin, which is then juxtaposed with small intrusions in the landscapesthat are indicative of a changing West. Nolan Preece examines the rustic patinathat is diminishing with restoration and development across the Great Basin.
The work ofeach photographer reflects a distinct style and technique, perfected duringcareers as highly regarded professional artists. Jahiel uses the platinum printto archive and preserve his images for the future. Cheek works with an 8 x 10camera to reproduce the rich color of the Great Basin on chromogenic photopaper. Preece combines large format and digital cameras to produce black andwhite and color images of high quality.
This exhibitwas organized by the Nevada Arts Council and is part of the Nevada Touring Initiative– Traveling Exhibition Program and is funded by the National Endowment, NevadaState Legislature and Western States Arts Federation. The Nevada Arts Councilis a division of the Department of Tourism and Cultural Affairs.
www.danielcheek.com;www.adamjahiel.com; www.preece.myexpose.com A specialthanks to the Darrell Armuth and Donna Hellwinkel Collection for its loan oftheir Adam Jahiel platinum prints for this exhibition.