September 9th through October 5th

“Passages” examines the question of landscape by refracting it through the holdings of the Bates College Museum. Exploring culturally diverse, pan-historical, and perhaps unorthodox representations of landscape across media, the exhibit endeavors to pose more questions than answers about how we come to visualize our surroundings. By forcing the viewer to reconsider preconceptions about the genre, this exhibition demonstrates that landscape is a space within which we may measure our understanding of our surroundings, as well as map our impact upon it. Artists featured include Claude Lorrain, John Ruskin, Dorothea Lange, and Edward Ruscha.

For more information, visit the Bowdoin College Museum website.