Avonmouth Study #7

Artist Michael Kenna (English, born 1953)

Date1987

MediumGelatin silver print

DimensionsOverall: 18 3/4 x 14 7/8 inches (47.63 x 37.78 cm)

Credit LineGift of Hallmark Cards, Inc.

Object number2005.27.2742

Edition/State/Proof1/25

On View

Not on view

Collections

Photography

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Exhibition History

Night Light: a Survey of 20^th Century Night Photography, The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City, MO, January 15 - February 12, 1989, The Fine Arts Center/Creekwood, Nashville, TN, February 26 - April 2, 1989, Evansville Museum of Arts and Science, Evansville, IN, April 23 - June 11, 1989, Mississippi Museum of Art, Jackson, MS, August 6 - September 24, 1989, Roanoke Museum of Fine Arts, Roanoke, VA, February 18 - April 1, 1990, Sheldon Memorial Art Gallery, Lincoln, NE, April 29 - June 10, 1990, Danville Museum of Fine Arts and History, Danville, VA, July 8 - August 26, 1990, The Snite Museum of Art, Notre Dame, IN, September 23 - November 4, 1990, Nora Eccles Harrison Museum of Art, Logan, UT, December 1, 1990 – January 20, 1991, Museum of Photographic Arts, San Diego, CA, February 12 - April 7, 1991.

Night Light: a Survey of 20^th Century Night Photography. Musée de l’Elysée, Lausanne, Switzerland, November 5, 1991- January 12, 1992, no cat.

Night Light: a Survey of 20^th Century Night Photography. Missouri Western State College, October 5 - October 26, 1992, no cat.

Night Light: a Survey of 20^th Century Night Photography, Stephens College, Columbia, MO, January 18 - February 26, 1993, no cat.

Selections from the Hallmark Photographic Collection. Highland Community College, Highland, KS, October 19 - November 11, 1993, no cat.

Heavens: Photographs of the Sky & Cosmos. The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City, MO, June 11 - November 13, 2011, no cat.

Gallery Label

Michael Kenna is perhaps best known for his elegant, moody landscapes captured in his travels around the world. Kenna has chosen to photograph frequently at night, fascinated by the inherent unpredictability of working in near-total darkness. Because of his long exposures, various kinds of movement—atmospheric change or the circling of stars across the night sky—can lead to unexpected visual results. Kenna has observed, “most intriguing of all is that it is possible to photograph what is impossible for the human eye to see—cumulative time.”

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