Changing Landscapes

CHANGING LANDSCAPES
Three Photographers
Look at Cities in Transition

Charles Baum
Karen Halverson
Ber Murphy

Opening Reception
Saturday March 20
4:00-6:00pm

It has been observed that change is the only constant in life and the modern urban landscape is one of almost constant change. In Changing Landscapes, the opening exhibition of the 2010 season at Spencertown Academy Arts Center, three photographers - Charles Baum, Karen Halverson, and Ber Murphy - explore the visual and social landscape of cities in transition.

Please join us for an opening reception with the artists on Saturday March 20, 2010 at 4:00pm. The exhibition continues through Sunday April 25, 2010. Gallery hours are 1:00-5:00pm Thursday through Sunday and other times by appointment.

CHARLES BAUM
Artist's Website
ATLANTIC CITY
Selections from the photographer's evocative Atlantic City project.

KAREN HALVERSON
Artist's Website
CHINA ON THE MOVE
It’s common knowledge that China is developing at a remarkable rate. In the fall of 2005, I spent six weeks exploring several major Chinese cities. Development takes many forms, of course, but construction is probably the most visible. Dazzling new high-rises, complex freeway overpasses, and buildings under construction form the backdrop of nearly every Chinese street. With an eye out for development, I made a series of panoramic street photographs of a China very much on the move.

BER MURPHY
Artist's Website
SLEEPING GIANT: 11101 REZONED
A neighborhood transformed by development is the central theme of this ongoing series. Living and working in and around Long Island City’s defunct factories and industrial yards, where buildings are being raised and rebuilt into luxury co-ops at a head-spinning rate, I witness the methodical eradication of a working class way of life.

For me, these images function not only as a record and homage to a vanishing place and time, but as metaphors for the workingman’s dilemma. They search for a dialogue between subjugation and advancement, and seek to illustrate the often-unsung sacrifices that are made in the interest of progress.

Information for artists interested in exhibiting

		CHARLES BAUM Artist's Website ATLANTIC CITY Selections from the photographer's evocative Atlantic City project.

		KAREN HALVERSON Artist's Website CHINA ON THE MOVE It’s common knowledge that China is developing at a remarkable rate. In the fall of 2005, I spent six weeks exploring several major Chinese cities. Development takes many forms, of course, but construction is probably the most visible. Dazzling new high-rises, complex freeway overpasses, and buildings under construction form the backdrop of nearly every Chinese street. With an eye out for development, I made a series of panoramic street photographs of a China very much on the move.

		BER MURPHY Artist's Website SLEEPING GIANT: 11101 REZONED A neighborhood transformed by development is the central theme of this ongoing series. Living and working in and around Long Island City’s defunct factories and industrial yards, where buildings are being raised and rebuilt into luxury co-ops at a head-spinning rate, I witness the methodical eradication of a working class way of life. For me, these images function not only as a record and homage to a vanishing place and time, but as metaphors for the workingman’s dilemma. They search for a dialogue between subjugation and advancement, and seek to illustrate the often-unsung sacrifices that are made in the interest of progress.