Metroactive » Palo Alto Art Center https://activate.metroactive.com Thu, 10 Mar 2022 18:08:57 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=4.0.38 ‘The Sheltering Sky’ at Palo Alto Art Center https://activate.metroactive.com/2019/01/the-sheltering-sky-at-palo-alto-art-center/ https://activate.metroactive.com/2019/01/the-sheltering-sky-at-palo-alto-art-center/#comments Thu, 24 Jan 2019 01:07:47 +0000 http://wp.blvdscms.com/activate-metroactive-com/?p=123164
The sky is such a persistent presence in our lives, it can be easy to take it for granted. However, it truly is a marvel. The sea of gas swirling above our heads provides us with oxygen and moves nourishing water around the globe. It also helps to deflect harmful radiation and…]]>

The sky is such a persistent presence in our lives, it can be easy to take it for granted. However, it truly is a marvel. The sea of gas swirling above our heads provides us with oxygen and moves nourishing water around the globe. It also helps to deflect harmful radiation and allows for air travel. Further out, beyond Earth’s atmosphere, the sky holds untold wonders: stars, galaxies and other worlds. This group show collects works by many artists—all of them paying tribute, in one way or another, to the beauty, power and majesty of the sky.

The Sheltering Sky
Fri, 7pm, Free
Palo Alto Art Center

 

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For 15 years, Michael Light has documented American culture from above, pursuing themes of mapping, vertigo and human intervention from the cockpit of a 600 pound aircraft. When the San Francisco-based photographer is not thousands of feet in the air, he’s a couple of fathoms below, capturing the aftermath of atomic tests…]]>

For 15 years, Michael Light has documented American culture from above, pursuing themes of mapping, vertigo and human intervention from the cockpit of a 600 pound aircraft. When the San Francisco-based photographer is not thousands of feet in the air, he’s a couple of fathoms below, capturing the aftermath of atomic tests in the South Pacific Sea. The result of this risky business is a photographic collection of ethereal black-and-white images that blur the line between Earth and deep space, natural and man-made catastrophe. Join the artist for a discussion of the constantly evolving—and constantly altered—planetary landscape.

Planetary Landscape
Sun, 3pm, Free
Palo Alto Art Center, Palo Alto

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