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'''Elijah Gowin''' is an American art photographer and Professor and Chair of the Department of Art and |
'''Elijah Gowin''' (born 1967)<ref>{{cite web|access-date=2023-01-16|title=Artist Info|url=https://www.nga.gov/collection/artist-info.40972.html|website=www.nga.gov}}</ref> is an American art photographer and Professor and Chair of the Department of Media, Art and Design at the [[University of Missouri–Kansas City]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.elijahgowin.com/about|title=About|website=elijah gowin|language=en-US|access-date=2019-02-17}}</ref> He was a [[List of Guggenheim Fellowships awarded in 2008|2008 Guggenheim Fellow]],<ref name=gf>{{cite web|title=Elijah Gowin|url=http://www.gf.org/fellows/all-fellows/elijah-gowin/|website=Guggenheim Foundation|accessdate=6 July 2015}}</ref> during which he worked on a series of photographs, ''Of Falling and Floating''. His work is in the collection of the [[Los Angeles County Museum of Art]].<ref name="lacma">{{cite web|title=Elijah Gowin|url=http://collections.lacma.org/node/158795|website=LACMA|accessdate=6 July 2015}}</ref> He is the son of photographer [[Emmet Gowin]]. |
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==Early life and education== |
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==Biography== |
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Gowin was born in 1967 in [[Dayton, Ohio]].<ref name=thomas>{{cite news|last1=Thomas|first1=Mary|title=Weekend Art Preview: An unseen world Elijah Gowin's photography taps into the supernatural|url=http://old.post-gazette.com/magazine/20000310thomas8.asp|accessdate=6 July 2015|work=Pittsburgh Post-Gazette|date=March 10, 2000}}</ref> His father is the photographer [[Emmet Gowin]].<ref name="space">{{Cite web|url=http://the-space-in-between.com/2009/01/14/one-thing-done-two-ways-elijah-gowin-and-james-luckett-on-making-a-book/|title=One Thing Done Two Ways: Elijah Gowin and James Luckett on Making...|last=Platt|first=Stacy|date=2009-01-14|website=the space in between|language=en-US|access-date=2019-02-17}}</ref> He graduated from [[Davidson College]] in 1990 with a BA in Art History, and was awarded an MFA in photography from the [[University of New Mexico]] (1996). |
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Gowin has taught at [[University of Tennessee, Chattanooga]], [[St. Mary's College of Maryland]], and [[University of Missouri, Kansas City]].<ref name=gf/><ref name=bu/> |
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''Of Falling and Floating'' is a series of photographs of people falling, made by collaging scanned photographs and images from the internet and reprinting them as paper negatives.<ref name=feeney>{{cite news|last1=Feeney|first1=Mark|title=Father-and-son photographers reimagine the elements|url=http://www.boston.com/community/photos/raw/2009/02/fatherandson_photographers_rei.html|accessdate=6 July 2015|work=Boston Globe|date=February 7, 2009}}</ref> It was exhibited in 2009 at the [[Griffin Museum of Photography]] as part of a show called ''Pull of Gravity''.<ref name=gf/><ref>{{cite web|last1=Cortellucci|first1=Romina S.|title=Take a Drop with the Elijah Gowin 'Of Falling and Floating' Series|url=http://www.trendhunter.com/trends/elijah-gowin-of-falling-and-floating-series|website=Trend Hunter|accessdate=6 July 2015|date=September 2, 2012}}</ref> Mark Feeney suggested the images could be read either as representing either negative emotions like "anxiety and dislocation" or positively as images of "buoyancy, even jubilation".<ref name=feeney/> |
''Of Falling and Floating'' is a series of photographs of people falling, made by collaging scanned photographs and images from the internet and reprinting them as paper negatives.<ref name=feeney>{{cite news|last1=Feeney|first1=Mark|title=Father-and-son photographers reimagine the elements|url=http://www.boston.com/community/photos/raw/2009/02/fatherandson_photographers_rei.html|accessdate=6 July 2015|work=Boston Globe|date=February 7, 2009}}</ref> It was exhibited in 2009 at the [[Griffin Museum of Photography]] as part of a show called ''Pull of Gravity''.<ref name=gf/><ref>{{cite web|last1=Cortellucci|first1=Romina S.|title=Take a Drop with the Elijah Gowin 'Of Falling and Floating' Series|url=http://www.trendhunter.com/trends/elijah-gowin-of-falling-and-floating-series|website=Trend Hunter|accessdate=6 July 2015|date=September 2, 2012}}</ref> Mark Feeney suggested the images could be read either as representing either negative emotions like "anxiety and dislocation" or positively as images of "buoyancy, even jubilation".<ref name=feeney/> |
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His other series of photographs include ''Hymnal of Dreams'',<ref name=thomas/> ''Watering'', and ''Lonnie Holley''. ''Watering'' used collaged digital images themed around baptism.<ref>{{cite book|last1=Shearer|first1=Benjamin F|title=Culture and Customs of the United States: Culture|date=2008|publisher=Greenwood|page=355|isbn=9780313338779|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=F4jlN-LPJhkC&q=Elijah+Gowin&pg=PA355}}</ref> |
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His other series of photographs include ''Hymnal of Dreams'',<ref name=thomas/> ''Watering'', and ''Lonnie Holley''. ''Watering'' used collaged digital images themed around baptism.<ref>{{cite book|last1=Shearer|first1=Benjamin F|title=Culture and Customs of the United States: Culture|date=2008|publisher=Greenwood|page=355|isbn=9780313338779|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=F4jlN-LPJhkC&q=Elijah+Gowin&pg=PA355}}</ref> He has had solo shows at Contemporary Art Center of Virginia (Virginia Beach, VA), Vermont Center of Photography (Brattleboro, VT), and the Light Factory (Charlotte, NC).<ref name=bu>{{cite web|last1=Dow|first1=Jim|title=Elijah Gowin|url=https://www.bu.edu/prc/prcpov/artists/a14.html|website=Boston University|accessdate=6 July 2015}}</ref> His work is in the collection of the [[Los Angeles County Museum of Art]],<ref>{{cite web|title=Elijah Gowin|url=http://collections.lacma.org/node/158795|website=LACMA|accessdate=6 July 2015}}</ref> [[Corcoran Gallery of Art]], and the [[Center for Creative Photography]].<ref>{{cite web|last1=Pasulka|first1=Nicole|title=Between Floating and Falling|url=http://www.themorningnews.org/gallery/between-floating-and-falling|website=The Morning News|accessdate=6 July 2015}}</ref> |
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He has had solo shows at Contemporary Art Center of Virginia (Virginia Beach, VA), Vermont Center of Photography (Brattleboro, VT), and the Light Factory (Charlotte, NC).<ref name=bu>{{cite web|last1=Dow|first1=Jim|title=Elijah Gowin|url=https://www.bu.edu/prc/prcpov/artists/a14.html|website=Boston University|accessdate=6 July 2015}}</ref> |
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==Publications== |
==Publications== |
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*''Maggie''. Tin Roof, 2009. With [[Emmet Gowin]].<ref name="space" /> |
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''Maggie'' (2009) was a book of photographs by Gowin and his father [[Emmet Gowin]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://the-space-in-between.com/2009/01/14/one-thing-done-two-ways-elijah-gowin-and-james-luckett-on-making-a-book/|title=One Thing Done Two Ways: Elijah Gowin and James Luckett on Making...|last=Platt|first=Stacy|date=2009-01-14|website=the space in between|language=en-US|access-date=2019-02-17}}</ref> |
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*''A Shared Elegy'', Indiana University Press, 2017 |
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==Collections== |
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Gowin's work is held in the following permanent collections: |
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*[[Los Angeles County Museum of Art]]<ref name="lacma"/> |
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*[[Corcoran Gallery of Art]]<ref name="themorningnews">{{cite web|last1=Pasulka|first1=Nicole|title=Between Floating and Falling|url=http://www.themorningnews.org/gallery/between-floating-and-falling|website=The Morning News|accessdate=6 July 2015}}</ref>{{Better source|date=January 2023}} |
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*[[Center for Creative Photography]]<ref name="themorningnews"/> |
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== References == |
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Latest revision as of 20:23, 9 September 2023
Elijah Gowin (born 1967)[1] is an American art photographer and Professor and Chair of the Department of Media, Art and Design at the University of Missouri–Kansas City.[2] He was a 2008 Guggenheim Fellow,[3] during which he worked on a series of photographs, Of Falling and Floating. His work is in the collection of the Los Angeles County Museum of Art.[4] He is the son of photographer Emmet Gowin.
Early life and education
[edit]Gowin was born in 1967 in Dayton, Ohio.[5] His father is the photographer Emmet Gowin.[6] He graduated from Davidson College in 1990 with a BA in Art History, and was awarded an MFA in photography from the University of New Mexico (1996).
Life and work
[edit]Gowin has taught at University of Tennessee, Chattanooga, St. Mary's College of Maryland, and University of Missouri, Kansas City.[3][7]
Of Falling and Floating is a series of photographs of people falling, made by collaging scanned photographs and images from the internet and reprinting them as paper negatives.[8] It was exhibited in 2009 at the Griffin Museum of Photography as part of a show called Pull of Gravity.[3][9] Mark Feeney suggested the images could be read either as representing either negative emotions like "anxiety and dislocation" or positively as images of "buoyancy, even jubilation".[8]
His other series of photographs include Hymnal of Dreams,[5] Watering, and Lonnie Holley. Watering used collaged digital images themed around baptism.[10]
He has had solo shows at Contemporary Art Center of Virginia (Virginia Beach, VA), Vermont Center of Photography (Brattleboro, VT), and the Light Factory (Charlotte, NC).[7]
Publications
[edit]- Maggie. Tin Roof, 2009. With Emmet Gowin.[6]
- Of Falling and Floating, Tin Roof, 2011.
- A Shared Elegy, Indiana University Press, 2017
Collections
[edit]Gowin's work is held in the following permanent collections:
- Los Angeles County Museum of Art[4]
- Corcoran Gallery of Art[11][better source needed]
- Center for Creative Photography[11]
References
[edit]- ^ "Artist Info". www.nga.gov. Retrieved 2023-01-16.
- ^ "About". elijah gowin. Retrieved 2019-02-17.
- ^ a b c "Elijah Gowin". Guggenheim Foundation. Retrieved 6 July 2015.
- ^ a b "Elijah Gowin". LACMA. Retrieved 6 July 2015.
- ^ a b Thomas, Mary (March 10, 2000). "Weekend Art Preview: An unseen world Elijah Gowin's photography taps into the supernatural". Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. Retrieved 6 July 2015.
- ^ a b Platt, Stacy (2009-01-14). "One Thing Done Two Ways: Elijah Gowin and James Luckett on Making..." the space in between. Retrieved 2019-02-17.
- ^ a b Dow, Jim. "Elijah Gowin". Boston University. Retrieved 6 July 2015.
- ^ a b Feeney, Mark (February 7, 2009). "Father-and-son photographers reimagine the elements". Boston Globe. Retrieved 6 July 2015.
- ^ Cortellucci, Romina S. (September 2, 2012). "Take a Drop with the Elijah Gowin 'Of Falling and Floating' Series". Trend Hunter. Retrieved 6 July 2015.
- ^ Shearer, Benjamin F (2008). Culture and Customs of the United States: Culture. Greenwood. p. 355. ISBN 9780313338779.
- ^ a b Pasulka, Nicole. "Between Floating and Falling". The Morning News. Retrieved 6 July 2015.
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