The Evansville Museum To Show John Dowell's Large-Scale Photographs

Written by Yvonne Manderley Sunday, 29 January 2012 01:18

Evansville, Indiana.- The Evansville Museum’s this year's art exhibition series opens with "City Lights: The Photographs of John Dowell", on view from February 1st (subject to the museum reopening on schedule) through March 4th. Philadelphia native and Professor of Printmaking at the prestigious Tyler School of Art at Temple University, John Dowell captures the pulse of various American cities in his large-scale color photographs. "City Lights" is presented as part of the Black History Month celebrations.

John Dowell has worked as an artist for over four decades. A master printmaker whose prints, paintings and photographs have been featured in 49 one person exhibitions, he is represented in the permanent collections of 70 museum and public collections, including the Museum of Modern Art and the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York City, the Boston Museum, the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, and the Bibliothèque nationale de France in Paris, France. Dowell’s photographs have been added to the collections of the Houston Museum of Fine Arts, the Fogg Museum of Harvard University, the Museum of the Rhode Island School of Design, and the Lehigh University Museum. Dowell writes about his current imagery of American cities at night, “There is an excitement of the city that is often overlooked. These structures of our culture soar to the sky and hold intimate details of our lives. They embody our energies with moments of magic. I want to capture all aspects of time – the past, the present and the hopes for the future.” John Dowell will present an illustrated lecture about his work to the public at 12:30 p.m. on Sunday, February 19th, at a Champagne Brunch at the Museum.


The Evansville Museum of Arts, History & Science is a general-interest museum located on the riverfront in downtown Evansville, Indiana. Founded in 1904, it is one of Southern Indiana's most established and significant cultural institutions, with comprehensive collections in art, history, anthropology and science. The museum is accredited by the American Association of Museums. A Science Center offers exhibitions and programs to inspire and instruct students of all ages. The Koch Planetarium, the oldest planetarium in the state, provides explorations of the solar system. The Anthropology Gallery offers a look at cultures from 13,000 BC to the present. Artworks from the 16th century to the present are in the museum’s permanent galleries. Visitors can also stroll down the street of a 19th Century American rivertown to see ornately decorated homes and shops. The Evansville Museum Transportation Center traces the history of transportation and features the Sprinklesburg, Goosetown, and Independence Steam Locomotive. The museum has produced notable solo exhibitions of artists such as John Stuart Ingle, Don Gummer, and Theodore Clement Steele, In May 2008 the museum unveiled plans for a $15 million expansion. It will include a new multi-story glassed pavilion with a plaza and water fountain, a museum shop and commercial art display area, and a planetarium and theater designed to look like a floating dome. Visit the museum's website at ... http://www.emuseum.org

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