current exhibition:
IN THE HAZEL WOLF GALLERY
AT THE DAVID BROWER CENTER
The Lake Project:
Photos by David Maisel
February 10 – May 21, 2010
Opening Reception: Wednesday, February
10, 6-8 pm
Presented in partnership with Kala Art Institute
David Brower Center Location:
2150 Allston Way, Berkeley, CA 94704
TEL:
510.809.0900
DIRECTIONS AND INFORMATION: WWW.BROWERCENTER.ORG
Gallery Hours: MONDAY – FRIDAY, 9am–5pm
In 2001, David Maisel photographed at Owens Lake, once a 200 square-mile lake on the eastern side of the Sierra Nevada in California. The resulting Lake Project offers stunning aerial images of a fertile valley transformed into an arid stretch of land.
Beginning in 1913, the Owens River was diverted to bring water to Los Angeles. By 1926, the depleted lake exposed vast mineral flats, and the lakebed soon became the highest source of particulate matter pollution in the U.S., emitting some 300,000 tons of carcinogens annually. Blooms of bacterial organisms emerged from the little water that remained, turning it a deep red. Viewed from the air, vestiges of the lake appear as a river of blood, a bisected vein, or a galaxy’s map.
Exhibition is free and open to the public.
Artist Talk: Thursday, March 11, 7 pm
Location: The
Richard & Rhoda Goldman Theater at the
Brower Center
Tickets are $10 & available at www.brownpapertickets.com
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