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University of Washington

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2003 Exhibitions:

HOVER: Polly Apfelbaum and Pae White
Oct 18,2003–Jan 4,2004
The Gladiator Nun: Fellini's Women
Oct 18,2003–Dec 14,2003
Lee Bul: Live Forever
Oct 18,2003–Jan 11,2004
Flirting with Rodchenko
Oct 17,2003–Jan 11,2004
Reflecting on the Skyspace: Architecture and Light
Oct 17,2003–Jan 11,2004
The Inspired Legacy of Elizabeth Bayley Willis
Sep 26,2003–Jan 4,2004
Claire Cowie: Flying Ladies of Leisure
Jul 12,2003–Sep 21,2003
Crosscurrents at a Century's End: Selections from the Neuberger Berman Art Collection
Jul 12,2003–Sep 21,2003
On Wanting to Grow Horns: The Little Theatre of Tom Knechtel
Jul 12,2003–Sep 21,2003
Stagings: Claire Cowie and the Monsen Collection Photogravures
Jun 21,2003–Sep 28,2003
2003 University of Washington MFA Thesis Exhibition
May 24,2003–Jun 22,2003
Gillian Wearing: 10-16
Mar 21,2003–May 4,2003
James Turrell: Knowing Light
Mar 21,2003–Feb 8,2004
Arlene Shechet: Artist in Residence
Mar 4,2003–May 4,2003
High Tide: Imaging Maritime Space
Feb 27,2003–May 11,2003
Light Reign, James Turrell Skyspace
Permanent Installation
Brian Jungen: Cetology
Jan 24,2003–May 25,2003
Kori Newkirk: To See It All
Jan 5,2003–Dec 28,2003
The Dream of the Audience: Theresa Hak Kyung Cha (1951-1982)
Dec 6,2002–Mar 2,2003
Gilles Barbier: Lost in the Landscape
Dec 2,2002–Mar 19,2003
La Belle Epoque: Evoking Proust's Place and Time
Nov 19,2002–Feb 16,2003
Out of Site: Fictional Architectural Spaces
Nov 9,2002–Feb 2,2003
México Ahora: Recent Art from the Gelman Collection
Oct 1,2002–Jan 5,2003

High Tide: Imaging Maritime Space

North Galleries

February 27, 2003 – May 11, 2003

Image 1 / 5: High Tide: Imaging Maritime Space.

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Image 5 / 5: High Tide: Imaging Maritime Space.

Titanic. Waterworld. The Perfect Storm. Ghost Ship. These are just a few recent examples of an on-going cultural fascination with the sea, the shore, the ship, and the sailor. Artists, being intrigued by the maritime for centuries, use it to signify calm and danger, myth and narrative, fear and fantasy. The imaging of the maritime also provokes meditations on the nature of representation itself. “High Tide” examined the imaging of maritime space by historical and contemporary artists, drawing from the Joseph and Elaine Monsen Photography Collection, and other local collections. The exhibition includes commercial photographers, as well as modernist masters such as Alfred Stieglitz and Ralston Crawford. Allan Sekula, Rick Bringolf, and John Taylor provide contemporary perspectives on maritime space. A flotilla of ships by self-taught artist John Taylor, who fashions both historic schooners and fantasy vessels from found, recycled, and decayed materials, navigated through the exhibition.

Robin Held, Associate Curator

Featured artists: Alfred Stieglitz, Ralston Crawford, Allan Sekula, Rick Bringolf, John Taylor

Image 1: High Tide: Imaging Maritime Space. (installation view). 2003. Henry Art Gallery.

Image 2: High Tide: Imaging Maritime Space. (installation view). 2003. Henry Art Gallery.

Image 3: High Tide: Imaging Maritime Space. (installation view). 2003. Henry Art Gallery.

Image 4: High Tide: Imaging Maritime Space. (installation view). 2003. Henry Art Gallery.

Image 5: High Tide: Imaging Maritime Space. (installation view). 2003. Henry Art Gallery.

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