James L. Clar k Archives and the Construction of Habitat Dioramas at the American Museum of Natural History. A new exhibition at Satellite Gallery offers unpreceden ted access to the visual archives of artist and explorer James L. (Lippit) Clark from the American Museum of Natural History\, New York.
October 29\, 2011 to January 14\, 2012
Opening Reception: October 28\, 6pm to 9pm
Sate llite Gallery presents Nature\, Knowledge and the Knower\, an exhibition th at features digital enlargements of panoramic photographs as well as an onl ine display of a selection of artist and explorer James L. (Lippit) Clark’s archives from the American Museum of Natural History in New York. This exh ibition presents three dramatic panoramas taken with Kodak Cirkut cameras i n Kenya between 1920 and 1930. The enlarged photographs will provide visito rs to Satellite Gallery with an immersive environment to consider how Afric an nature was seen\, understood and measured for reconstruction and represe ntation at the Museum.
An online archive is the second element of the exhibition\, providing unprecedented access to a selection of visual mater ials originally collected and organized by Clark. These resources were gath ered to facilitate the making of the habitat dioramas and to provide the mu seum’s exhibition department with an in-house picture collection. The websi te\,www.natureknowledgeknow er.com will be launched on October 28\, 2011. The photographs and the v isual material in the online archive have never before been exhibited.
< p>James L. (Lippit) Clark (1883-1969) was an artist\, expl orer\, big-game hunter\, entrepreneur\, museum preparator and director. Aft er the sudden death of Carl Akeley in 1926 in Africa\, he was assigned by t he American Museum of Natural History to complete the construction of the H all of African Mammals. Curated by Mohammad Salemy\, this two-part exhibition includes works by James L. Clark\, Carl Akeley\, Alfred J. Klein\, William Leigh\, Herbert Lang\, Arthur Jansson\, Robert Kane\, R aymond DeLucia\, George Mason and others whose works are included in the Ja mes L. Clark archives.For more information contact:
< p>Karen Benbassat - Gallery/Program Manager< p>Photo: James Clark Working Files\, Field card containing 6 black and white photographs of taxidermied specimens for use in White-Mantled Colobus Group diorama\, Akeley Hall of African Mammals. Courtesy of the American M useum of Natural History\, Department of Library Services. Photographs for publication are available on request. LOCATION:Satellite Gallery\, Floor 2 GEO:49.283221;-123.114563 URL;VALUE=URI:https://ahva.ubc.ca/events/event/nature-knowlege-and-the-know er-curated-by-ccst-candidate-mo-salemy/ ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://ahva.cms.arts.ubc.ca/wp-content/uploads/sites/37/2021/05/1026.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:America/Vancouver BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0800 TZOFFSETTO:-0700 DTSTART:20110313T100000 TZNAME:PDT END:DAYLIGHT END:VTIMEZONE END:VCALENDARSatellite Gallery\, 560 S eymour Street\, 2nd Floor\, Vancouver
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