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David Maisel (born in New York, NY in 1961) is an American photographer and visual artist whose works explore vestiges and remnants of civilizations both past and present. His work is exhibited internationally and is collected in major museums including the Metropolitan Museum of Art[1], LACMA[2] and the Victoria and Albert Museum[3].[4] His work has been the subject of five major monographs, published by Nazraeli Press[5] and Chronicle Books[6]. Maisel was awarded a National Endowment for the Arts fellowship in 1990.[4]

Maisel is also a trustee at the Headlands Center for the Arts[7].

Education

Maisel earned his Bachelor of Arts from Princeton University in 1984 where he studied with Emmet Gowin[8]. He attended the Graduate School of Design at Harvard University, and received an MFA from California College of the Arts in 2006[9] where he worked with Larry Sultan.[4]

Photographic Work

Black Maps is a multi-chaptered series of aerial photographs of environmentally impacted sites. The series includes surreal and graphic images of open pit mines, cyanide leaching fields, military testing, water reclamation projects, and urban sprawl.[10][11][12][13][14][15][16][17]

Library of Dust focuses on copper canisters containing cremated remains of psychiatric patients from the Oregon State Hospital. The human ash and copper have reacted chemically, causing colorful mineral blooms on the surface of the cans, which are presented as full-frame portraits against black backgrounds. Maisel also photographed abandoned wards and found objects from those wards as part of the series. In 2009 the New York Institute for the Humanities held a symposium on the Library of Dust[18].[19][20][21][22][23][24][25]

History's Shadow is a rephotographic project in which Maisel worked with x-ray images from art conservation archives from major museums. Maisel began the project while a Scholar in Residence at the Getty Research Institute in Los Angeles[26] and continued the work at the Asian Art Museum of San Francisco.[27][28][29][30]

References

  1. ^ "The Metropolitan Museum of Art - Search the Collections". Metmuseum.org. Retrieved 2012-06-12.
  2. ^ "LACMA Collections Online". Collectionsonline.lacma.org. Retrieved 2012-06-12.
  3. ^ "Library of Dust 1165 | Maisel, David | V&A Search the Collections". Collections.vam.ac.uk. Retrieved 2012-06-12.
  4. ^ a b c "David Maisel". Haines Gallery. Retrieved 2012-06-12.
  5. ^ "Nazraeli Press, Books on the Fine & Applied Arts". Nazraeli.com. Retrieved 2012-06-12.
  6. ^ "Library of Dust $80.00". Chronicle Books. 2011-06-20. Retrieved 2012-06-12.
  7. ^ "Board of Directors ← People ← Headlands Center for the Arts". Headlands.org. Retrieved 2012-06-12.
  8. ^ "Princeton University - Legendary photographer Gowin celebrated in exhibition". Princeton.edu. 2009-11-09. Retrieved 2012-06-12.
  9. ^ "2006 MFA Fine Art Thesis Exhibition". Sites.cca.edu. Retrieved 2012-06-12.
  10. ^ By AMEI WALLACHPublished: May 09, 2004 (2004-05-09). "ART; Hell From the Air: California's Toxic Landscape - New York Times". Nytimes.com. Retrieved 2012-06-12.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  11. ^ "Danger Zones | Arts & Culture | Smithsonian Magazine". Smithsonianmag.com. Retrieved 2012-06-12.
  12. ^ "lens culture photographer interview: David Maisel (audio)". Lensculture.com. Retrieved 2012-06-12.
  13. ^ "David Maisel | Features". Archinect. 2006-03-21. Retrieved 2012-06-12.
  14. ^ "Conscientious Extended | A Conversation with David Maisel". Jmcolberg.com. 2007-01-30. Retrieved 2012-06-12.
  15. ^ Rawlinson, Mark. "David Maisel's Oblivion (working title) (essay) (Mark Rawlinson) - Academia.edu". Nottingham.academia.edu. Retrieved 2012-06-12.
  16. ^ Aperture 172. "Aperture Foundation | Aperture 172". Aperture.org. Retrieved 2012-06-12.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  17. ^ "David Maisel/Black Maps: American Landscape and the Apocalyptic Sublime". Cuartmuseum.colorado.edu. Retrieved 2012-06-12.
  18. ^ "The New York Institute for the Humanities - Events". Nyihumanities.org. Retrieved 2012-06-12.
  19. ^ "Opening the Tomb: Supernature, Beautiful Decay, and Ruination | Drain Magazine". Drainmag.com. Retrieved 2012-06-12.
  20. ^ "Stewart Copeland & Zee Avi". Studio 360. 2010-09-03. Retrieved 2012-06-12.
  21. ^ "Getty Research Journal, no. 1 (Getty Research Institute)". Getty.edu. Retrieved 2012-06-12.
  22. ^ "BLDGBLOG: Library of Dust". Bldgblog.blogspot.com. 2008-08-14. Retrieved 2012-06-12.
  23. ^ January 04, 2009 (2009-01-04). "Library Of Dust | A haunting memorial in 'Library of Dust' - Los Angeles Times". Articles.latimes.com. Retrieved 2012-06-12. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |unused_data= ignored (help)CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  24. ^ "Dust to Dust | FLYP". Flypmedia.com. 2009-06-18. Retrieved 2012-06-12.
  25. ^ "The dust man settles - British Journal of Photography". Bjp-online.com. 2010-08-16. Retrieved 2012-06-12.
  26. ^ https://www.getty.edu/foundation/pdfs/grants_awarded_0607.pdf
  27. ^ http://www.nytimes.com/2011/10/02/opinion/sunday/david-maisels-x-rays-of-the-heart-of-the-art.html
  28. ^ "Mysteries and Truths in Black and White - Slide Show". NYTimes.com. 2012-01-13. Retrieved 2012-06-12.
  29. ^ "National Academy of Sciences: History's Shadow: David Maisel". Nas.nasonline.org. Retrieved 2012-06-12.
  30. ^ Ketenjian, Tania. "Photography | David Maisel". The Unobserved. Retrieved 2012-06-12.
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