At the Faulconer Gallery Summer 2014

Edward Burtynsky: Water

July 11–Sept. 28, 2014

Canadian photographer Edward Burtynsky has spent the past five years traveling around the globe, from the Gulf of Mexico to the Ganges, weaving together an ambitious representation of water’s increasingly fragmented life cycle. In 60 enormous aerial images, Burtynsky traces the various roles that water plays in modern life — as a source of healthy ecosystems and energy, as a key element in cultural and religious rituals, and as a rapidly depleting yet vital natural resource. An accompanying documentary film, Watermark, which made its North American debut at the Toronto International Film Festival and its European debut at the Berlin Film Festival, was released in the United States this spring and will be screened on campus in conjunction with the exhibition. Edward Burtynsky: Water was organized by the New Orleans Museum of Art.

Fearful Symmetry: The Art of John Scott

Oct. 10–Dec. 14, 2014

In coarse black lines, hand-scratched steel, fragmented text, and visceral color, John Scott traces the trajectory of heavy industry, high technology, military might, and maniacal folly as they clear-cut and precision-strike across blighted landscapes and the besieged human psyche. From his working-class roots, this celebrated Canadian artist has offered raw-edged drawings and found-object installations that evoke the path from NASA’s optimism to the National Security Agency’s voyeurism. In just over 30 years, we’ve advanced from the Voyager spacecraft to the Predator drone. John Scott seems to have seen this new reality coming. In 2000, he received the Governor General’s Award, Canada’s highest honor in the visual arts. This will be his first exhibition in the United States and will include drawings, paintings, sculpture, and multimedia works. The exhibition is curated by Daniel Strong, Faulconer Gallery associate director and curator of exhibitions.