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Exhibitions
Iceland’s
Vanishing Beauty:
Photography by
Michael Kienitz
September 14, 2018
–February 3, 2019
Leslie and Johanna Garfield Galleries
This exhibition features a selection of
images completed by Michael Kienitz over
many years of work in the region of
Vatnajökull National Park in Iceland. A
visually stunning area of extremely varied
features, the park encompasses—and is
named for—Europe's largest glacier. Kienitz
calls upon his deep photographic experience
to capture this incredible but disappearing
landscape of active volcanoes, ice caves,
beaches, canyons, waterfalls, wetlands,
black sands, and mountains, all created by
the combined forces of rivers, glacial ice,
and volcanic and geothermal activity. This
exhibition was supported in part by a grant
from the Wisconsin Arts Board with funds
from the State of Wisconsin and the
National Endowment for the Arts.
ABOVE: Michael Kienitz (American, b. 1951), ABC Cave, Svínafellsjökull
Glacial Tongue, South East Iceland, 2017, photograph on aluminum,
courtesy of the artist.
RIGHT: Michael Kienitz (American, b. 1951), ABC Cave, Vatnajökull
National Park, South East Iceland, Dec. 2015, photograph on
aluminium, courtesy of the artist.