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Nature/Culture

July 15–December 10, 2017

Second floor

We often think of nature as that which stands beyond humanity and culture as that which reflects people’s achievements. But rarely is the matter so simple. This exhibition explores different facets of the dichotomy. Besides reflecting on how nature counterpoints and enlivens our built environment, the show recognizes the more problematic use of the term, and its cousin “natural,” when applied to snapshots, portraits, and Native American cultures.

Exhibition Highlights

Byrd Williams IV

1st Christian Church, Fort Worth, Texas, 1983

Gelatin silver print

P1993.11.2

Peter H. Feresten

Bright Glory Baptist Church, Fort Worth, 1983

Gelatin silver print

P1985.17.63

A black-and-white photograph of an older Black man in a suit sitting on a folding chair in front of a white building.

Luther Smith

Trinity River at Northside Drive, Fort Worth, Texas, December 1, 1987, 1987

Gelatin silver print

P1997.32

Brad Temkin

City Hall (from above, looking West) Chicago, IL July 2013, 2013

Inkjet print

P2016.79

William Wylie

#12-026, Pawnee National Grassland, Colorado, 2016

Inkjet print

A black-and-white photograph of a partially dead tree, bare branches toward the top and leafy branches on the bottom, on an open grassland.

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