{"id":139,"date":"2018-10-29T10:18:25","date_gmt":"2018-10-29T15:18:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.macalester.edu\/160-smail-gallery\/?page_id=139"},"modified":"2023-11-05T10:03:41","modified_gmt":"2023-11-05T16:03:41","slug":"20172018-2","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.macalester.edu\/smail-gallery\/pastexhibits\/20172018-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Landscapes"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Gregory Fitz<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.macalester.edu\/smail-gallery\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/435\/Landscapes-1.jpg\" alt=\"Landscapes by Gregory Fitz\" title=\"Landscapes by Gregory Fitz\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"159\" src=\"https:\/\/www.macalester.edu\/smail-gallery\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/435\/Landscapes-2-300x159.jpg\" alt=\"Landscapes by Gregory Fitz\" class=\"wp-image-128\" title=\"Landscapes by Gregory Fitz\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.macalester.edu\/smail-gallery\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/435\/Landscapes-2-300x159.jpg 300w,  https:\/\/www.macalester.edu\/smail-gallery\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/435\/Landscapes-2-768x408.jpg 768w,  https:\/\/www.macalester.edu\/smail-gallery\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/435\/Landscapes-2.jpg 875w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"161\" src=\"https:\/\/www.macalester.edu\/smail-gallery\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/435\/Landscapes-3-300x161.jpg\" alt=\"Landscapes by Gregory Fits\" class=\"wp-image-129\" title=\"Landscapes by Gregory Fitz\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.macalester.edu\/smail-gallery\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/435\/Landscapes-3-300x161.jpg 300w,  https:\/\/www.macalester.edu\/smail-gallery\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/435\/Landscapes-3-768x413.jpg 768w,  https:\/\/www.macalester.edu\/smail-gallery\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/435\/Landscapes-3.jpg 875w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Artists have always looked to the natural world for inspiration.&nbsp; Landscape images exist throughout history and across visual cultures.&nbsp; Scientists look to the natural world as well.&nbsp; Though methodologies and outcomes are different, the disciplines sometimes share a common effort to observe, document, and consider humanity&#8217;s relationship to the environment.&nbsp; It can be a fraught relationship, to say the least.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This exhibition at the Smail Gallery was an opportunity to explore facets of that relationship directly.&nbsp; Though the paintings and temporary sculpture included in Landscapes each have specific visual elements and narratives, they share overlapping themes.&nbsp; Broadly speaking, these works are meditations on land and water use, our changing climate, and the implications and compromises of those realities.&nbsp; As a common visual language, all of these works share my affinity for construction-grade materials and immediate, direct gestures.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Gregory Fitz is a visual artist and writer based in Seattle, WA.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Gregory Fitz Artists have always looked to the natural world for inspiration.&nbsp; Landscape images exist throughout history and across visual cultures.&nbsp; Scientists look to the natural world as well.&nbsp; Though methodologies and outcomes are different, the disciplines sometimes share a common effort to observe, document, and consider humanity&#8217;s relationship to the environment.&nbsp; It can be [&hellip;]<\/p>","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":0,"parent":74,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-139","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.macalester.edu\/smail-gallery\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/139","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.macalester.edu\/smail-gallery\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.macalester.edu\/smail-gallery\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.macalester.edu\/smail-gallery\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/7"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.macalester.edu\/smail-gallery\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=139"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/www.macalester.edu\/smail-gallery\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/139\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":443,"href":"https:\/\/www.macalester.edu\/smail-gallery\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/139\/revisions\/443"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.macalester.edu\/smail-gallery\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/74"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.macalester.edu\/smail-gallery\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=139"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}