February 22, 5PM – 9PM • 25 Central Square, Seaside, FL
Alex MacLean | HIGH ART
Join us Friday, February 22, 2019, from 5PM to 9PM for the opening reception of HIGH ART at 25 Central Square, presenting the aerial photography of ALEX MACLEAN. The opening reception for the artist is hosted by Amavida Coffee and Anne Hunter Galleries in conjunction with the Seaside Prize, the annual weekend-long award ceremony for The Seaside Institute®. The show runs through March 31st with gallery proceeds benefitting the The Seaside Institute®.
The Alex MacLean exhibition showcases 12 aerial images that depict the relationship between natural and constructed environments – including agriculture, dwellings, and beach . As a pilot and photographer, Alex MacLean has flown his plane over much of the United States and Europe documenting the landscape. As a trained architect, MacLean portrays the history and evolution of the land highlighting the changes from human intervention and natural processes. MacLean’s photographs have been exhibited widely in the United States, Canada, Europe, and Asia, and are found in private, public and university collections.
Featured Image: Cross-Tilling, Monon, IN 2007 by Alex MacLean
About the Artist
Alex S. MacLean (born 1947) is an American photographic artist who is best known for his aerial photographs. His photographs have portrayed the history and evolution of the land from vast agricultural patterns to city grids, recording changes brought about by human intervention and natural processes. MacLean graduated from Harvard College in 1969 with a Bachelor of Arts degree and earned a Master of Architecture degree from Harvard Graduate School of Design in 1973. He became interested in aerial scenery while he studied community planning and by 1975, MacLean received his commercial pilot license. Soon after, he established Landslides Aerial Photography to provide illustrative aerial photography for architects, landscape designers, urban planners, and environmentalists. He is the author of eleven books and has won many awards, including the 2009 Corine International Book Prize, the American Institute of Architects’ award for Excellence in International Architecture Book Publishing, and the American Academy of Rome’s Prix de Rome in Landscape Architecture for 2003–2004. His photographs have been exhibited in the United States, Canada, Europe and Asia and are found in private, public and university collections.MacLean flies a highly fuel-efficient carbon-fiber airplane out of Bedford, Massachusetts.He currently maintains a studio and lives in Lincoln, Massachusetts. (source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alex_MacLean)
For more information contact:
ALEX S. MACLEAN | AERIAL PHOTOGRAPHY | 23 Conant Road | Lincoln, MA 01773 | p. 781.259.7900 | http://www.alexmaclean.com
About Anne Hunter Galleries
Anne Hunter moved to Santa Rosa Beach, Florida, in 2004, and opened cafes and art galleries in the new urbanist communities of Alys Beach, Watercolor, Rosemary Beach and Seaside. In 2010, she moved part-time to SoHo, New York City, to scout emerging artists while becoming a freelance writer. Her art gallery, Anne Hunter Galleries is located at 25 Central Square in Seaside and is dedicated to preserving the primitive, contemporary and modern art of the new urbanism.
For more information: Anne Hunter | 214.641.1048 | anne@annehuntergalleries.com | www.annehuntergalleries.com
About 25 Central Square
CELEBRATE THE ART OF LOVING LIFE within steps of the Gulf of Mexico at 25 Central Square in Seaside, Florida. Known for its colorful purple street-art mural, depicting Vincent Scully, Jr., the American art historian who was a Sterling Professor of the History of Art in Architecture at Yale University, 25 Central is the only building dedicated to an arts collective on Scenic Highway 30A. The historic structure, commissioned by Robert & Daryl Davis, was designed by Machedo-Silvetti Architects in 1990 in harmony with the design by Andres Duany and Lizz Plater-Zyberk for the master plan of Seaside. Overlooking the town square, 25 Central aspires to a strong civic expression that is especially suited for 30A’s most established purveyors and beloved artisans. – Art of Simple, La Vie Est Belle, Amavida Coffee and Anne Hunter Galleries.
Alex MacLean High Art