Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art presents Heartland. The Photographs of Terry Evans, an exhibition on view October 20, 2012—January 20, 2013.
Terry Evans, American, b. 1944. Train North of Matfield Green, Chase County, Kansas, 2009. Inkjet print, 39 7/8 x 40 inches (101.28 x 101.6 cm). Gift of the Hall Family Foundation.
This exhibition marks the first career retrospective of Terry Evans (b. 1944), one of the nation’s finest landscape photographers. Evans – a Kansas City native – is widely recognized for her views of the Midwest prairie, its people, and its artifacts.
In recent years, she has also explored other subjects: natural history museum specimens, the city of Chicago, the steel and oil industries. Her life’s work is characterized by an abiding sense of curiosity and wonder, and a warm, empathetic engagement with her subjects. Evans’ photographs reflect her lifelong interest in the intricate and often complex relationship between our land and our lives.
This exhibition will include 100 color and black-and-white photographs spanning Evans’ full career, from the late 1960s to the present. It will be accompanied by a fully illustrated, 250 page exhibition catalogue.
This exhibition has been organized by The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art. The exhibition is supported by Molly McGee, in honor of Dale and Norman Hoyt, and Margaret and Frank McGee; Swiss Re; and the Campbell-Calvin Fund and Elizabeth C. Bonner Charitable Trust for exhibitions.
