- August 25, 2007 - January 13, 2008
- Laura McPhee: River of No Return
Boise Art Museum Â
Acclaimed photographer Laura McPhee bases each of her photographic series on a dilemma. River of No Return is no exception, highlighting the juxtapositions of individualism versus community and development versus preservation in the American West. This powerful traveling exhibition of haunting, large-scale color photographs captures conflicting ideas of land use and landscape across remote areas of Central Idaho. McPhee spent two years in the Sawtooth Mountains photographing the region’s cinematic and picturesque landscapes and illustrating their coexistence with humanity and development. McPhee sees these images as a microcosm of America and the dilemmas that communities and people face nationwide. The exhibition is organized by the Boston Museum of Fine Arts and works from this series focusing on Idaho are also included in a touring exhibition organized by the Guggenheim Museum. McPhee is a professor at the Massachusetts College of Art in Boston. This exhibition was organized by the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston and is made possible through the generous collaboration of Alturas Foundation. The Boise Art Museum presentation is sponsored by Mr. and Mrs. J.R. Simplot and the J.R. Simplot Company.
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