As part of its ongoing effort to show how emerging science and technology shape our lives, culture, and world, the Museum of Science presents Manufactured Landscapes: Photographic Works of Edward Burtynsky, running through September 7, 2009.
Canadian photographer Edward Burtynsky is known internationally for his images of landscapes altered by industry. Through masterful technique and often dizzying compositions, the artist's magnificent color images are thought-provoking studies of how human activities—mining, quarrying, manufacturing, shipping, oil production—transform the natural world.
The beauty of Burtynsky's images contrasts with the compromised environments they depict. "Our dependence on nature to provide the materials for our consumption and our concern for the health of our planet set us into an uneasy contradiction," says Burtynsky.
Manufactured Landscapes is featured in a new exhibit space located in the Museum's Blue Wing, Level 2. According to David Rabkin, Farinon Director for Current Science and Technology, "We are thrilled to show Edward Burtynsky's stunning photographs in the Museum's new gallery space. What"s so exciting is the power of art to shift perspectives and inspire reflection. After seeing these images, you will never see our relationship to the planet in the same way."
Manufactured Landscapes presents 12 large prints (approximately 50" x 60" each):
1. Nanpu Bridge Interchange
Shanghai, China, 2004 From the series China
2. Oxford Tire Pile No. 1
Westley, California 1999 From the series Urban Mines
3. Oil Fields No. 13
Taft, California, 2002 From the series Oil
4. Bao Steel No. 2
Shanghai, China, 2005 From the series China
5. Vermont Marble Company No. 5
Abandoned granite Quarry, Rochester, Vermont, 1991 From the series Quarries
6. Rock of Ages No. 19
Granite Section, Rock of Quarry Barre, Vermont, 1991
7. Kennecott Copper Mine No. 22
Bingham Valley, Utah, 1983 From the series Breaking Ground
8. Silver Lake Operations No. 1
Lake Lefroy, Western Australia, 2007 From the series Australia
9. Shipbreaking No. 10
Chittagong, Bangladesh, 2000 From the series Ships
10.Nickel Tailings No. 34
Sudbury, Ontario, 1996 From the series Breaking Ground
11.Three Gorges Dam Project, Whan Zhou No. 2
Yangtze River, China, 2002 From the series Three Gorges Dam
12.Three Gorges Dam Project, Feng Jie No. 5
Yangtze River, China, 2002 From the series Three Gorges Dam -- www.mos.org
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