No. 213: Ann M. Wolfe, Michael Light, Mark Klett

Episode No. 213 of The Modern Art Notes Podcast features curator Ann M. Wolfe and artists Michael Light and Mark Klett.

The Nevada Museum of Art in Reno is showing “Tahoe: A Visual History,” an exhibition that explores the visual culture of the Lake Tahoe region. The exhibition includes work by painters, photographers, architects, basket weavers and sculptors. It’s on view through January 10, 2016. The exhibition is accompanied by a massive catalogue published by Skira Rizzoli.

This week’s program features the show’s curator and two artists whose work is included in the exhibition: Ann M. Wolfe, curated the exhibition and edited the catalogue. She is the deputy director and a curator at the Nevada Museum of Art.

Michael Light’s work typically examines the environment and American culture’s engagement with it. He has published seven books, including 100 Suns, has been included in exhibitions at LACMA, the Getty, and the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, all institutions which have collected his work.

Mark Klett is a pioneer in the practice of re-photography, projects he has often undertaken with Byron Wolfe. Museums such as the Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco, the Art Institute of Chicago, LACMA and the Nelson-Atkins have presented solo exhibitions to his work.

Air date: December 3, 2015.

Charles Leander Weed, View from the Top of Cave Rock — Eastern Shore of Lake Tahoe, Looking North, ca. 1862-64.

Andrew J. Russell, Summit of Sierra Nevada — Snow Sheds in FOreground, Donner Lake in the Distance, Central Pacific RR, 1868.

Timothy O’Sullivan, Donner Pass, 1867.

Timothy O’Sullivan, Donner Summit, 1867.

Timothy O’Sullivan, Donner Lake, View from Donner Summit, 1867.

Carleton Watkins, Carson and Tahoe Lumber and Fluming Company, South of Carson City, 1876.

Carleton Watkins, Glenbrook Bay, Lake Tahoe, Douglas County, Nevada, 1876.

Carleton Watkins, The Canon of the American River, from Cape Horn, ca. 1880s.

Carleton Watkins, Rounding Cape Horn, ca. 1876.

Carleton Watkins, Emerald Bay from the Island, Lake Tahoe, El Dorado County, 1876.

Anne Brigman, The Breeze, ca. 1910.

Michael Light, Highway 89, Cascade and Emerald Lakes and Mount Tallac Beyond, Looking Southwest, South Lake Tahoe, CA, 2014.

Michael Light, Heavenly Ski Resort Looking Southwest, Dipper Express Quad Chairlift at Center with 10,067′ Monument Peak Beyond, South Lake Tahoe, CA, 2014.