PMoA Receives Donation of Jerry Uelsmann Photograph
19 Feb. 2010
Polk Museum of Art is pleased to receive the donation of an untitled photograph from Jerry Uelsmann. Uelsmann donated the new photograph on January 14, 2010, at the Artist Lifetime Achievement Award Banquet that was held in his honor. It is the first photograph to leave his studio in 2010
CONTACT: Meredith Spresser, Public Relations & Marketing Manager, 863-688-7743 ext. 235, MSpresser@PolkMuseumofArt.org FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:2/19/2010 PMoA Receives Donation of Jerry Uelsmann Photograph LAKELAND, FL. – Polk Museum of Art is pleased to receive the donation of an untitled photograph from Jerry Uelsmann. Uelsmann donated the new photograph on January 14, 2010, at the Artist Lifetime Achievement Award Banquet that was held in his honor. It is the first photograph to leave his studio in 2010. "We were surprised and pleased when Jerry presented this spectacular photograph to us at the cocktail reception prior to the banquet," said Daniel E. Stetson, Executive Director of Polk Museum of Art. "It's a beautiful photograph that holds your interest as you look more closely for hidden details." Uelsmann is a world-renowned darkroom master and photo-manipulator. He is the most recent recipient of the Artist Lifetime Achievement Award given by the Art Resource Trust of PMoA. His work has been exhibited all over the world, including a 50 year survey exhibition that was held at Polk Museum of Art from November 14, 2009 through January 17, 2010. The photograph is true to Uelsmann’s style, as it is a black and white collage made up of several individual negatives. The landscape in the lower half is Korean and smoothly transitions into the upper landscape, which was shot in Yosemite National Park. A woman's face is seen in the water in the foreground, and a man's silhouette is in the background. The piece is intended to illustrate the relationship between men and women, and East and West, both culturally and geographically. Uelsmann described it as “the first one I’ve liked all year”. The piece will be framed by the Museum and hung on one of the walls outside of the George Jenkins Student Gallery later this year. # # #
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