Bart Michiels: The Course of History

Description

Published in an edition of 40 copies, this special limited edition of The Course of History includes a numbered and signed photograph by Michiels, and is issued in a cloth slipcase. The image of the limited print is entitled "Verdun 1916, Le Mort Homme, 2001". As Sonja Fessel writes in her text "Michiels's photographs are striking for their harmonious composition and aesthetic appearance. In Verdun 1916, Le Mort Homme (2001), for instance, one sees a wide, slightly hilly meadow with high grass beneath a featureless sky. The horizon line lies almost exactly in the middle of the photograph, dividing it into balanced halves.

Bart Michiels was born in Diest, Belgium in 1964, grew up on the coastal flatlands of Flanders and studied photography in Brussels. He won The Project Competition (Santa Fe) in 1995 for his series Riverworks; and was a finalist for both the 2006 Santa Fe Prize for Photography and for Le Prix HSBC Pour la Photographie (France) in 2010 for his series The Course of History. His work has been exhibited internationally and is included in the collection of Bank of America, The Tennessee Valley Authority, The Museum of Fine Arts in Houston, The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art in Kansas City and The Milwaukee Museum of Art, among others. Michiels currently resides and works in New York City.