Davenport, Iowa - “David Rathman: Every Day Above Ground is a Good One,” which was organized by the Figge Art Museum, will be on view through Feb. 3, 2008. A philosopher’s look at the West and a photographer’s view of life are the focus of two new exhibitions at the Figge Art museum. A special series of photographs, “The Body and Photography,” will be featured Oct 13, 2007-Feb 03, 2008.

This companion exhibition of sepia ink drawings by David Rathman complements the “Go West!” exhibition with a postmodern tribute to the Western genre. Fluctuating between reverential and irreverent, Rathman’s sepia ink images are paired with darkly humorous texts to present brooding vignettes of the American West.

Free curator tours will be presented at 7 p.m. Thursday, Nov. 15. First you’ll saddle up with Michelle Robinson, curator of collections and exhibitions, who will lead a tour of “Go West!” in the Level 4 gallery. Then continue down the trail you’ll go with Ann Marie Hayes. . curator of education, who will lead a tour of “David Rathman: Every Day Above Ground is a Good One.”

This is the second of several shows highlighting the Figge’s expanding photography collection. These photos explore this medium in 30 black-and-white and color photographs and photo-based works from the permanent collection that explore the body as subject matter. Artists include Luis Gonzales Palma, Lauren Greenfield, Aernout Overbeeke, Robert and Shana ParkeHarrison, Gerhardt Richter, Edmund Teske, and Carrie Mae Weems.

Visit the Figge Art Museum at : www.figgeartmuseum.org