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Abbe Museum Presents Powerful Landscape
Art Exhibition
On August 10, the Abbe Museum
is presenting the artwork of three notable visual
artists in a new exhibition called The Power of Place:
Three Views of Maine, featuring paintings by Robert
Pollien, and photography of Frank Hallam Day and Gifford
Ewing. These three artists portray the dramatic landscapes
and seascapes of Maine, interpreting the power of
the place that was the originally inhabited by the
Waponahki and continues to be their home.
In their work, the effects of atmosphere,
light, and shadow are seen on major and minor scales.
The artists are passionate observers of this region
and skillful recorders in what they see, and through
their art they capture the visual power and beauty
of rocky Maine’s coastline and deep forests.
The Power of Place: Three Views
of Maine exhibition opens on August 10, and will be
on display during regular museum hours 10-6 PM daily
through November 4, 2007 at 26 Mount Desert Street
in downtown Bar Harbor, Maine. For more information
call 207-288-3519, or visit abbemuseum.org.
A reception to meet the artists
takes place on Thursday, August 9 at 6pm in the Community
Gallery at the Abbe Museum downtown.
About the Artists
Robert Pollien
A resident of Bar Harbor, Robert Pollien is known
for his paintings of the coast of Maine. His interest
is in painting areas where land and water meet. “Landscape
painting, as I understand it, is the point where one's
inner dialogue encounters the exterior, visible world.
I paint from direct observation. My goal is not to
portray the land in an overly picturesque manner,
but to paint the landscape in a way that rings true.”
Pollien’s work is in private,
corporate and public collections including: Boise
Cascade, Peat Marwick, L. L. Bean, Fleet Bank, UNUM
Corp., Key Bank, Peoples Heritage Bank, and The Farnsworth
Museum. His work is currently represented by The Dowling
Walsh Gallery in Rockland, Maine.
Frank Hallam Day
Washington DC-based photographer Frank Hallam Day
is a versatile artist traveling the world to remote
destinations. Day captures the rich beauty of pattern,
color and texture of the isolated landscapes, interesting
cityscapes and busy harbors. In May 2007, Day served
as Artist-in-Residence at Acadia National Park. Many
of the photographs in The Power of Place exhibition
were produced by Day in conjunction with his residency
with the park. Photographs by Day are included in
the collections of the Corcoran Gallery of Art, the
Baltimore Museum of Art, the Sackler/Freer gallery
of Art, and the Berlinische Galerie und Landesmuseum.
Gifford Ewing
A New Englander, Gifford Ewing began photographing
black and white landscapes when he was stationed in
Oklahoma in 1970. He maintains studios in Denver,
Colorado, and in Sorrento, Maine, concentrating on
landscapes of the Rocky Mountain region and the coast
of Maine. These two distinctive environments offer
him the artistic forms for his inspiration: the rich
texture of the land along with the tones and interplay
of light in pristine environments.
Gifford creates fine art archival
silver prints admitting, “I enjoy the more traditional
photographic methods in my work. They serve the purity
and natural beauty of the landscape.” Gifford’s
photographs are found in public and private collections
from Maine to California, including the Denver Art
Museum.
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