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Steve Nelson, Tug: A Great Lakes Odyssey

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Friday, November 8, 2019 10am to 5pm

275 Columbia Avenue Holland, MI 49423-3654

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Steve Nelson’s photographs of a Great Lakes tug boat fleet provide an intimate view into a maritime industry that has operated on the lakes since the late nineteenth-century. Through examining myriad perspectives of  10/11, 5-6:30 PM De Pree Art Center + Gallery Steve Nelson’s photographs of a Great Lakes tug boat fleet provide an intimate view into a maritime industry that has operated on the lakes since the late nineteenth-century. Through examining myriad perspectives of the fleet’s operations, underlying themes associated with odysseys across expanses of water are explored; from departure to arrival, dormancy to action, birth to death, emergence to disappearance, industrial ambition to sentient reflection. Nelson’s interest in the “myth of reality” underlies his search for a vernacular of the subconscious, where dreams guide our awakenings.

 

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