Fritz, Gawel to give talk on John Pfahl Nov. 12 at Sheldon

            Art and photography historian Dana Fritz will join photography scholar Larry Gawel to give a presentation at 5:30 p.m. Nov. 12 at the Sheldon Museum of Art on the photographs of John Pfahl.

            Pfahl, whose works are featured in the museum's "Points of View" exhibition, was a pioneer in the transformation of American landscape photography in the 1970s, and his body of work has influenced generations of artists.

            For more than four decades, Pfahl's approach has encouraged us to contemplate images conceptually and visually and to consider the evolving ways in which humans interact with the land socially and photographically. Pfahl has captured such changes through numerous series that deal with the environment, both natural and constructed. The "Points of View" exhibition includes prints from his first formal series, "Altered Landscapes" (1974–78) and from "Power Places" (1981–84); all are from the permanent collection of the Sheldon Museum of Art.

            Fritz is a professor in the Department of Art and Art History at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln. Gawel teaches photography at Metropolitan Community College in Omaha. Together they organized the exhibition, which will run through Jan. 5.

            Sheldon Museum of Art, 12th and R streets on the UNL City Campus, houses a permanent collection of more than 12,000 objects focusing on transnational American art. Sheldon is open free to the public during regular hours: Tuesday, 10 a.m. to 8 p.m.; Wednesday through Saturday, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.; Sunday, noon to 5 p.m. The museum is closed on Monday. For more information, visit http://www.sheldonartmuseum.org.