Interview with Curator Phaedra Siebert
Ben Whitehouse talks about his painting and
the evolution of The Revolution Series
McNay Art Museum, San Antonio
March 15 - April 25
Revolution Still Lifes
ArtChicago
April 30 - May 3
Perimeter Gallery, Booth TBA
Grand Rapids Art Museum
June 4 - August 22
GRAM and Ox-Bow
Perimeter Gallery, Chicago September 10 - October 9
| For immediate release | May 6 2009 |
(LITTLE ROCK, AR)—Chicago-based, British landscape artist Ben Whitehouse will showcase his exhibition Ben Whitehouse: Observation June 5 - August 2, 2009 at the Arkansas Arts Center in the Jeannette Edris Rockefeller Gallery.
Ben Whitehouse: Observation addresses the problem of dealing with a changing environment. "This exhibition is my effort to connect people through art to an evolving environment," said Whitehouse.
The exhibition features six paintings from Whitehouse's travels to the Highlands of Scotland, Lake Michigan and Central Park in New York. The exhibition also highlights three works from Whitehouse's Revolution series - a series of 24 hour high definition digital videos shown in real time, equivalent to one revolution of the planet.
"Although I began my career as a landscape painter, I became troubled by painting's inability to account for constant change in landscape experience," said Whitehouse. "When I began the Revolution series, I realized that making 24-hour digital videos was a way forward. Each video shows every moment that occurred in the landscape with not one second missing."
Ben Whitehouse: Observation spans most of Whitehouse's professional career and demonstrates how his work has evolved from one medium to another. He began his career in the '80s as a landscape painter. His work changed from large-scale paintings, to experimental-format paintings, to high definition, 24-hour digital video.
In conjunction with the exhibition, Whitehouse will discuss his work as a landscape artist in a fascinating lecture titled Ben Whitehouse's Observations. The lecture will be held in the Arkansas Arts Center Lecture Hall on Thursday, June 4, at 6 p.m. The lecture is free and open to the public.
For more information, call 501-372-4000 or visit www.arkarts.com.
Contact: 501-372-4000
Location: Arkansas Arts Center - 9th and Commerce, Little Rock, AR 72202 Free Admission.
Gallery Hours: 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Tuesday through Saturday, 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. Sunday. Closed Monday & Major Holidays
All plasma screens, cameras and speakers used to create The Revolution Series generously provided by Panasonic.
Arkansas Arts Center programs are supported in part by: the City of Little Rock; Arkansas Arts Council, an agency of the Department of Arkansas Heritage and the National Endowment for the Arts.