Renate Aller: Mountain Interval
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Intimate snapshots of monumental natural structures
The latest project from New York-based photographer Renate Aller includes mountain peaks from six continents. These photographs were taken from locations as high as 22,500 feet (adjacent to Mount Everest) to the European glaciers and mountain peaks of her childhood vacations. The subject matter is monumental, yet the images connect the viewer in a way that is not overpowering. Similar to the sand dune images from Ocean Desert, the artist engages us with these giants in all their detail, the veins and textures of the rocks in their constantly transient state. Aller isolates the mountain from its expected surroundings, using and presenting the familiar and the known in an intimate way, relating to parallel realities from different locations, opening up conversations between the different (political) landscapes in which we live.
Terrie Sultan
TERRIE SULTAN is Director of the Blaffer Gallery, the Art Museum of the University of Houston. Prior to joining the Blaffer Gallery, she was Curator of Contemporary Art at the Corcoran Gallery of Art in Washington, D.C. During her years as a museum professional, Sultan has organized more than fifty exhibitions and publications. Her most recent books include Jessica Stockholder, Kissing the Wall: Works, 1986-2003 and Chuck Close Prints: Process and Collaboration. She was awarded a Chevalier of Art and Letters by the French government in 2003.
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