Mount St. Joseph | Studio San Giuseppe Gallery

Exhibition

Nate Larson:Escape Routes

Sep. 22, 2014 – Oct. 26, 2014
Mon–Fri: 10 am–5 pm | Sat–Sun:1–5 pm

Escape Routes retraces in photographs the route taken by John Wilkes Booth as he fled from Ford’s Theatre in Washington, DC, after assassinating President Lincoln in 1865. Contemporary artist Nate Larson explores the "linkage" between human experience and the historic landscapes through "threads" that are "technological, cultural and historical" in photographic media, artist books and digital video. During Booth’s 12-day, approximately 75-mile flight, he struggled with the terrain and the realization that he was a hero only in his own mind, a murderer in the mourning nation's. Booth's flight ended with his own death in a Port Royal, Va., stand-off with Union soldiers and to the trials and public hangings of his conspirators, including a woman, the first for the federal government. Tracing Booth's escape almost 150 years later in Escape Routes, Mr. Larson tracks and captures a mixture of urban living, declining suburbs, new housing developments, rural country-living pockets and highway commuter culture along the Booth route. The landscape is a palimpsest, etched with stories upon histories, encoding the mythologies that we create for ourselves about life in the United States.

Event

Oct. 19, 2014
Mount St. Joseph | Studio San Giuseppe Gallery, 5701 Delhi Road | Cinti, OH 45233

There will be a Gallery Reception on Sunday, October 19, from 2 to 4 pm, with an Artist Talk by Guest Photographer Nate Larson beginning at 3pm.

 

Reservation Information:

Free and open to the public.

Lecture

Oct. 20, 2014
Mount St. Joseph | Studio San Giuseppe Gallery, 5701 Delhi Road | Cinti, OH 45233

Guest Photographer Nate Larson directs his Artist Talk to students on Monday, October 20, at 6:30 pm.  The general public is also welcome to attend.  

 

Reservation Information:

Free and open to the public.

Lecture

Oct. 21, 2014
Mount St. Joseph | Studio San Giuseppe Gallery, 5701 Delhi Road | Cinti, OH 45233

Guest Photographer Nate Larson directs his Artist Talk to students on Tuesday, October 21, at noon.  The general public is also welcome to attend. 

Reservation Information:

Free and open to the public.