Tonee Harbert
Through the Static and Distance
Roswell Artist-in-Residence Exhibition
March 21 - September 27, 2020
Roswell Museum and Art Center
Marshall and Winston Gallery
Tonee Harbert uses an outdated plastic camera called a "Diana" with a mass-produced plastic lens to create fuzzy and somewhat wistful landscape images. Taking the drought-stricken and bullet-riddled Roswell outskirts as his subject, Tonee quietly considers our culture’s unstated values.
The exhibition is viewable by appointment only, September 9-27, Wednesday-Friday afternoons at the Roswell Museum and Art Center. There is a 5-person group maximum, call 575-624-6744 for more information.
Virtual Exhibition Tour
“Through the Static and Distance” can also be viewed virtually in the video below.
The video will be permanently available at: https://rair.org/tonee-harbert
RAiR Artist Lecture Series
Saturday, August 22 at 8 PM Mountain Time
Tonee's lecture can be viewed live with this link:
https://zoom.us/j/97701272614?pwd=bkZyL2hnUjBSNmNySnZwTVhhRnpNUT09
Meeting ID: 977 0127 2614
Passcode: 583481
The lecture will be permanently available at:
https://rair.org/tonee-harbert
Tonee Harbert’s photography considers human interaction with the landscape. Any purpose people impose on the land leaves a mark which may be overt, or may indicate a past narrative. These signs/ signals inhabit our everyday world, where collectively they can take on the qualities of a dream or myth.
This developing work from New Mexico invokes history and impermanence through looking at what remains from scenarios that once held utility or meaning but now hold mystery for the photographer. Harbert uses a 1960’s plastic “Diana” film camera, featuring a lo-fi plastic lens to capture scenes which resonate with his own interpretation of, and experience of moving through the world.
Tonee Harbert, grew up in Oregon, and has lived most of his life in Maine. He has worked as a commercial, fine art and documentary photographer. His photography has been exhibited at the Corcoran Gallery, Portland Museum of Art, Farnsworth Art Museum, Danforth Museum of Art, ICA at Maine College of Art, and the Center for Maine Contemporary Art. He’s been awarded a New England Emmy award and his work has been featured on CBS Sunday Morning, and in books and motion pictures. He and his partner, artist Shoshannah White are thrilled to be part of the Roswell Artist-in Residence community.
To learn more about the artist, visit www.toneeharbert.com