Although the physical subjects that John Divola photographs range from buildings to landscapes to objects in the studio, his concerns are conceptual: they challenge the boundaries between fiction and reality, as well as the limitations of art to describe life.Over the past four decades, he has evolved a wide-ranging and rigorous body of work merging photography, painting, sculpture, performance, and conceptual art. Raised in the San Fernando Valley-which he credits as having an impact on his development as an artist-Divola's imagery often examines the Southern California landscape, including urban Los Angeles or the nearby ocean, mountains, and desert.
Lecture is on Thursday, February 11, 2016 at 7 P.M.
Timken Lecture Hall, California College of the Arts
1111 Eighth Street
San Francisco, CA 94107
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