RMAC / PAST EXHIBITIONS / MARY PECK: UPON THE HORIZON

There is an austerity of life in the eastern plains of New Mexico and West Texas—the geographic region that the Spanish called the Llano Estacado. The landscape of the West and our relationship to the land is a rich source of material for authors, songwriters, poets, and artists.

In 1982, Mary Peck was one of twelve photographers selected by the Museum of New Mexico to take part in a photographic chronicle of New Mexico. The project was funded by the National Endowment for the Arts Photography Survey Grant and the Museum of Fine Arts, Santa Fe, New Mexico. The resulting photographs where exhibited at the Museum of Fine Arts in Santa Fe in 1985, and featured in an accompanying book, “The Essential Landscape”.

The RMAC is pleased to present a selection of works from the permanent collection by the nationally celebrated photographer Mary Peck. Her keen observation of the relationship between land and sky results from Peck’s ability to capture with the camera the elusive vanishing point of horizon, and the transient affect of human activity that is shaped by the natural environment.







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		Mary Peck, Ice, Yeso , New Mexico, 1983, silver print on paper, Gift of Richard Wilder, 2008.007.0005.
			There is an austerity of life in the eastern plains of New Mexico and West Texas—the geographic region that the Spanish called the Llano Estacado. The landscape of the West and our relationship to the land is a rich source of material for authors, songwriters, poets, and artists. In 1982, Mary Peck was one of twelve photographers selected by the Museum of New Mexico to take part in a photographic chronicle of New Mexico. The project was funded by the National Endowment for the Arts Photography Survey Grant and the Museum of Fine Arts, Santa Fe, New Mexico. The resulting photographs where exhibited at the Museum of Fine Arts in Santa Fe in 1985, and featured in an accompanying book, “The Essential Landscape”. The RMAC is pleased to present a selection of works from the permanent collection by the nationally celebrated photographer Mary Peck. Her keen observation of the relationship between land and sky results from Peck’s ability to capture with the camera the elusive vanishing point of horizon, and the transient affect of human activity that is shaped by the natural environment.

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