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THE INGENUITY OF MASTER PHOTOGRAPHER DIANE LEVELL COMES INTO FOCUS AT THE MICHENER ART MUSEUM WITH ITS NEW EXHIBITION INTREPID ALCHEMIST: DIANE LEVELL’S BUCKS COUNTY Michener Executive Director Kathleen V. Jameson Curates Never-Before-Seen Show The Michener Art Museum shines light on an extraordinary series of photographs for its newest exhibition, Intrepid Alchemist: Diane Levell’s Bucks County. On view March 23 through July 28, 2019, the Michener will highlight this cunning collection of landscape images by master photographer Diane Levell (American, born 1946). More than 20 photographs printed on Japanese rice paper will comprise this show, illuminating Diane’s unique approach of transforming the familiar into the magical. “Diane, a fearless adventurer and pioneer, continues to surprise, experiment, and push the boundaries of photography, and challenges viewers to slow down and look closely enough for an alchemical transformation of matter to take place before their eyes,” comments Michener Executive Director Kathleen V. Jameson. “Her works are marked by poetic beauty coupled with technical prowess, and it has been a delightful experience to work with her on this presentation.” “I am so fortunate to cherish many wonderful experiences traveling and living abroad, but the beauty of Bucks County drives my passion to represent it as the special place it is,” says Diane Levell. “It is an honor to share my latest developments at a community-driven institution like the Michener Art Museum.” Diane Levell spent much of her career in Europe, after attending Endicott College for architecture and interior design, studying fine arts at the University of Delaware and eventually receiving her master’s degree from George Washington University. Diane began experimenting with alternative photographic processes as early as the 1970s. But it was while she was living in Germany that she began to master her art, culminating with eight one-person exhibitions at renowned museums and cultural institutions. Although she credits her worldly adventures as impressionable, it is while growing up in Bucks County that she attributes some of the greatest influences on her present work. The Michener Art Museum is located at 138 South Pine St., Doylestown, PA. The Museum is open Tuesday through Friday, 10:00 am – 4:30 pm; Saturday 10:00 am – 5:00 pm and Sunday noon – 5:00 pm. For more information, visit MichenerArtMuseum.org or call 215.340.9800.
THE INGENUITY OF MASTER PHOTOGRAPHER
DIANE LEVELL COMES INTO FOCUS AT THE MICHENER
ART MUSEUM WITH ITS NEW EXHIBITION
INTREPID ALCHEMIST: DIANE LEVELL’S BUCKS COUNTY
Michener Executive Director Kathleen V. Jameson
Curates Never-Before-Seen Show
The Michener Art Museum shines light on an extraordinary series of photographs for its newest exhibition, Intrepid Alchemist: Diane Levell’s Bucks County. On view March 23 through July 28, 2019, the Michener will highlight this cunning collection of landscape images by master photographer Diane Levell (American, born 1946). More than 20 photographs printed on Japanese rice paper will comprise this show, illuminating Diane’s unique approach of transforming the familiar into the magical.
“Diane, a fearless adventurer and pioneer, continues to surprise, experiment, and push the boundaries of photography, and challenges viewers to slow down and look closely enough for an alchemical transformation of matter to take place before their eyes,” comments Michener Executive Director Kathleen V. Jameson. “Her works are marked by poetic beauty coupled with technical prowess, and it has been a delightful experience to work with her on this presentation.”
“I am so fortunate to cherish many wonderful experiences traveling and living abroad, but the beauty of Bucks County drives my passion to represent it as the special place it is,” says Diane Levell. “It is an honor to share my latest developments at a community-driven institution like the Michener Art Museum.” Diane Levell spent much of her career in Europe, after attending Endicott College for architecture and interior design, studying fine arts at the University of Delaware and eventually receiving her master’s degree from George Washington University. Diane began experimenting with alternative photographic processes as early as the 1970s. But it was while she was living in Germany that she began to master her art, culminating with eight one-person exhibitions at renowned museums and cultural institutions. Although she credits her worldly adventures as impressionable, it is while growing up in Bucks County that she attributes some of the greatest influences on her present work.