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From: Steve Mohr [mailto:smohr@figgeartmuseum.org]
Sent: Thursday, January 13, 2011 4:13 PM
To: brhs@burlingtonroute.com
Subject: Railroad photo exhibit
Hello,
We are having a railroad photography exhibit here at the Figge Art Museum in
Davenport, Iowa. I thought your membership might have an interest. See
attached press release and below:
Figge Art Museum
225 West 2nd St.
Davenport, IA 52801
t 563.326.7804
f 563.326.7876
www.figgeartmuseum.org
For Immediate Release:
Railroad photography rolls into the Figge
Tracks: The Railroad in Photographs from the George Eastman House Collection
makes its way to the Figge Art Museum, Davenport, Iowa on January 15th,
2011. Organized by the George Eastman House, Tracks covers 160 years of
railroad history in photography. Both the railway and photography developed
concurrently at the beginning of the 19th century and shared similar
impressions on people?s view of previously unseen landscapes. These
inventions permitted, for the first time, a person?s ability to be
transported, both visually and physically, to worlds they had only
previously imagined. Both forever changed the way the world was perceived.
Tracks offers the opportunity to learn about the history of the railroad and
to visualize its impact on our country?s development. The exhibition
contains some of the earliest photographs of trains and railway scenes up
through the end of the 20th century. In this survey of railroad images from
around the world, trains appear as potent emblems of the modern industrial
age and as crucial role players in transformation of the social and physical
landscape. Included is the work of legendary photographers: Bisson Frères,
Aaron Siskind, Henri Cartier-Bresson, and William Henry Jackson.
Tracks will be accompanied by a companion exhibition of photographic prints
in a separate gallery that will explore the history and significance of the
railway in the Quad Cities area. Crossing the Mississippi: The Quad Cities,
the Railroad and Art includes works on loan from the Rock Island Arsenal
Museum, the Richardson-Sloane Special Collections Center of the Davenport
Public Library and the Putnam Museum.
Both exhibitions are sure to please a variety of audiences; including
history buffs, lovers of the American West, but especially photography and
rail enthusiasts.
Guided group tours are available for the exhibition as well as full museum
tours to enhance your visit. Contact the Figge Art Museum at 563.326.7804 or
visit online at figgeart.org for more information.
Tracks is funded, in part, by the Riverboat Development Authority and the
Iowa Arts Council.
-end-
Stephen Mohr | Development Officer
Ph: 563.326.7804 x 2036
smohr@figgeartmuseum.org
www.figgeart.org
FIGGE ART MUSEUM
225 W. 2nd Street | Davenport, Iowa | 52801 | U.S.A.
CURRENT & UPCOMING EXHIBITIONS:
Tracks: The Railroad in Photographs (January 15 through April 24, 2011)
Dancing Toward Death: The Richard Harris Collection (through January 9,
2011)
Global Currents: The John Deere Art Collection
A Legacy for Iowa: Pollock's Mural and Modern Masterworks from the
University of Iowa Museum of Art
Mary Waterman Gildehaus Community Gallery
College Invitational (through January 9, 2011)
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