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Clyde Butcher America the Beautiful Clyde Butcher America the Beautiful
America the Beautiful
The Monumental Landscape of Clyde Butcher Clyde Butcher’s monumental photographs celebrate the beauty of the American landscape. Their scale and extraordinary clarity set them apart as exceptional works of art. In the tradition of the nineteenth-century Hudson River School painters, Butcher composes his works at pristine and untarnished locations across the United States creating arresting compositions that distinctly mark him as the foremost landscape photographer in America today.
His Technique
The beauty of Clyde Butcher’s photographs is enhanced by the epic scale of his stunning black and white works. The exceptional size of his compositions – the largest being 5 by 9 feet – allows the viewer to experience the beauty of the site from an almost first-hand perspective. Their large dimensions, combined with their strong sense of fluidity and movement, allow his work to transcend the static nature of the photographic medium. Butcher’s ingenious photographic technique enables him to capture breathtaking detail within his images. Shooting with wooden Deardorff cameras from the 1940s, he creates an extraordinary depth of field through a synthesis of wide-angled lenses and a small lens opening. The remarkably large negatives, combined with orange and blue filters and a longer-thanaverage exposure time (up to 10 minutes), allow for stunning clarity and astonishing detail in his compositions.
His Vision
The 65 photographs in this exhibition majestically capture the great public lands of the United States which Butcher, an avid conservationist, aims to preserve through his art. Butcher brings the unique light and clarity of his artistic vision to some of the same locations shot by the most famous photographer of the American landscape, Ansel Adams, though often eclipsing his predecessor with his unique vision and sense of composition.
EXHIBITION INCLUDES 65 large-scale black-and-white photographs of the American landscape ranging in size from 36 x 46 inches to 5 x 9 feet Wall labels and introductory text panel Insurance Packing and crating Marketing plan Artist availability for openings and lectures 24-page brochure, America the Beautiful: The Monumental Landscape – Clyde Butcher, and a large coffee-table style book of the same title, both on consignment, and other books made available by the artist, including but not limited to a limited edition of 400 copies of America the Beautiful: The Monumental Landscape – Clyde Butcher (all numbered, signed and including original photographs)
REQUIREMENTS FOR HOSTING INSTITUTION 700 linear feet including five foot separations between the works Pro-rated shipping costs
VENUE LENGTH 3 months minimum TOUR SCHEDULE Fall 2009 – January 2012
AVAILABLE DISK PowerPoint presentation including: Exhibition DVD Illustrated object list Tour schedule Artist bio
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CLYDE BUTCHER Clyde Butcher is known nationally as an avid conservationist who uses his art to help preserve America’s environment. His most recent projects include work for Rocky Mountain National Park, Delaware Water Gap National Recreation Area, Audubon Society, The Nature Conservancy, Wilderness Society, Everglades National Park and many other environmental organizations in the state of Florida where he lives. He has been honored by innumerable organizations, including the Sierra Club, which has given him the Ansel Adams Conservation Award, and Public Broadcasting in an award-winning half-hour documentary of his work. Butcher’s work can also be seen in his many illustrated books.
Wilderness, to me, is a spiritual necessity. When my son was killed by a drunk driver it was to the wilderness that I fled in hopes of regaining my serenity and equilibrium. The mysterious spiritual experience of being close to nature helped restore my soul. It was during that time I discovered the intimate beauty of the environment. My experience reinforced my sense of dedication to use my art form of photography as an inspiration for others to work together to save nature’s places of spiritual sanctuary for future generations. -Clyde Butcher
MUSCARELLE MUSEUM OF ART The Muscarelle Museum of Art at the College of William and Mary, one of the oldest universities in the country, curated this exhibition with Clyde Butcher to celebrate the American landscape and the 400th anniversary of America, the founding of Jamestown in Virginia. EDG is proud to support The Muscarelle Museum of Art in bringing this exhibition to the international museum community, underscoring our commitment to the promotion of international cultural exchange.
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