Mary Anne Kluth, "The granite ridge rises very abruptly from the valley, its crest worn into the most fantastic forms..."

Mary Anne Kluth, "The granite ridge rises very abruptly from the valley, its crest worn into the most fantastic forms..."

$2,500.00

Oakland-based Mary Anne Kluth explores the nexus of landscape imagery, narrative, and ideas. Inspired by vivid descriptions of the California landscape written by Whitney Expedition botanist William Brewer between 1860-1864, she explores the visual translation and contemporary theme park simulacra using her my own collection of snapshots of fake theme park landscapes. Piecing together digital and hand-cut collages to match Brewer’s journal entries, Kluth produces improbable Romantic landscapes. Kluth was featured in the 2014 City Limits exhibition, "Making Space."

Mary Anne Kluth
"The granite ridge rises very abruptly from the valley, its crest worn into the most fantastic forms—pinnacles, minarets, battlements, domes, and peaks. Some of these rise perhaps three thousand feet above the valley.” p.306
Handcut archival inkjet collage on Hahnmuhle paper
27 x 35 inches
2013
(signed by artist)