Born in 1967 in Santa Maria, California, Fletcher has worked collaboratively and individually on a variety of socially engaged, interdisciplinary projects. His traveling exhibition The American War, begun in 2005, has been presented at several art institutions across the United States, including White Columns, New York, and the MIT Center for Advanced Visual Studies in Boston. A book version of his ongoing project Learning To Love You More, a participatory website launched in 2002 with the artist Miranda July, was published in 2007. Fletcher received a BFA from the San Francisco Art Institute in 1990 and an MFA from California College of the Arts in 1994. He is currently a professor of art at Portland State University.
Martin Parr, Kathy Ryan, Lesley A. Martin et Tim Barber ont dévoilé lundi les noms des photographes sélectionnés pour participer au festival New York Photo 2008. À l’occasion de cette première édition, qui se tiendra du 14 au 18 mai prochains, le festival a demandé à chacune de ces personnalités de concevoir une exposition qui traduise sa vision personnelle des tendances les plus importantes dans la photographie contemporaine. En multipliant les regards et en confrontant les points de vue, ce nouveau rendez-vous annuel se donne pour objectif de permettre à chacun d’imaginer ce que sera le futur de la photographie.
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Selections from the Life and Work of Michael Bravo
Harrell Fletcher, himself a renowned artist, is the author of this unique, biographical exhibition featuring artworks by Michael Bravo, his mentor, family member, and friend. The presentation includes not only paintings, drawings, photographs, prints, and sculptures produced by Bravo over the past 50 years, but also a wide range of personal objects that Bravo created for Fletcher’s family, including wooden ships, airplanes, and mobiles. It will also feature family snapshots and other ephemera from Bravo’s life and career. The exhibition is part of The Magnificent Seven, a Wattis Institute program in which seven contemporary artists are integrated into the larger artistic and academic life of California College of the Arts.
Bravo married Fletcher’s...