APPLETON, WIS. — People and places of the rural Midwest and works from the founding artists of the Die Brucke movement of German Expressionism will be featured in the latest exhibition at Lawrence University’s Wriston Art Center galleries. The exhibition runs Jan. 18 – March 9.
Photographers Julie Lindemann and John Shimon, both assistant professors of art at Lawrence, will jointly deliver the exhibition’s opening lecture Friday, Jan. 18 at 6 p.m. A reception will follow the address, which is free and open to the public.
Portraits of everyday people and panoramas of rural landscapes from the Midwest assembled for “J. Shimon & J. Lindemann: Sentimental and Specific” will be exhibited in both the Hoffmaster and Kohler galleries. The exhibition also will include an installation of vintage film projectors and numerous cast-off televisions featuring films and videos of their many and varied subjects.
Collaborators since the mid-1980s, Lindemann and Shimon have focused their cameras on the remote corners of the Midwest, particularly Wisconsin’s Manitowoc County. Among their photographic projects are “Animal Husbandry,” “Midwestern Rebellion” and “Pictures of Non-Famous People.” Their 2004 book, “Season’s Gleamings: The Art of the Aluminum Christmas Tree,” received national media attention, including a segment on “CBS Sunday Morning.”
Prints from Lawrence’s La Vera Pohl German Expressionism Collection will be shown in the Leech Gallery. The display will include the work of painters Erich Heckel, Ernst Ludwig Kirchner, Hermann Max Pechstein and Karl Schmidt-Rottluff.
Wriston Art Center hours are Tuesday-Friday from 10 a.m. – 4 p.m., Saturday-Sunday from noon – 4 p.m. The gallery is closed Mondays. For more information, call 920-832-6621 or visit http://www.lawrence.edu/news/wriston/.
