Art Museum
Hours: Tuesday-Saturday, 10 a.m.–5 p.m.
Closed Sunday & Monday
Admission: Free
Centennial Complex
2111 East Willett Drive
Laramie, WY 82071
Phone: (307) 766-6622
Email: uwartmus@uwyo.edu
American photographer Michael Eastman’s large-scale photographs examine our man-made
environments on an international scale. Made in locations across Asia and North America
over the last four years, interior and exterior spaces filled with reflective or undulating
surfaces, dramatic lighting, and the distinctly unpopulated locales encapsulate the
commonality of modern and contemporary architecture of some of our major cities: New
York, St. Louis, Toronto, Osaka, and Shanghai.
Eastman’s images are made after dark, requiring lengthy exposures. Pre-visualizing
the image is impossible so the first time he sees the image is after it is processed
and scanned into the computer. “It is a very compelling moment, as the previously
unseen subtle traces of light and faint reflections emerge as stunningly bold field
of color and unexpected compositions,” says Eastman.
Michael Eastman was born in St. Louis, Missouri in 1947. The range of his oeuvre is
diverse, including such themes as horses, sublime landscapes and urban and European
architecture. His publications include his most recent Havana, Vanishing America (Rizzoli, 2008), and Horses (Knopf, 2003). His photographs are featured in Rainer Maria Rilke’s book Auguste Rodin, published by Archipelago Press. Eastman has been a recipient of the National Endowment
for the Arts grant and has been published in Time, Life, and The New York Times. His
photographs are included in numerous public and private collections including The
Metropolitan Museum of Art; Museum of Fine Arts, Boston; The Art Institute of Chicago;
Los Angeles County Museum; and the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, among others.
Images:
Left: Michael Eastman (American, b. 1947), Saarinen Reflection, St. Louis, not dated, digital C-print, 60 x 48 inches, edition 1/7, lent by the artist and Barry Friedman Ltd
Right: Michael Eastman (American, b. 1947), Gehry #2, Seattle, 2011, digital C-print, 60 x 48 inches, edition 1/7, lent by the artist and Barry Friedman Ltd
Art Museum
Hours: Tuesday-Saturday, 10 a.m.–5 p.m.
Closed Sunday & Monday
Admission: Free
Centennial Complex
2111 East Willett Drive
Laramie, WY 82071
Phone: (307) 766-6622
Email: uwartmus@uwyo.edu