The American Landscape: An Endangered Species debuts at the Louis Bernal Gallery
Joseph DiGiorgio, The Grand Canyon, 1985, oil on canvas, 24 panels. Collection of the Tucson Museum of Art.Joseph DiGiorgio, The Grand Canyon, 1985, oil on canvas, 24 panels. Collection of the Tucson Museum of Art.
By JENNIFER LANEPima Post
At 6 p.m. on Feb. 9, Dr. Julie Sasse, chief curator of the Tucson Museum of Art, will give a lecture of Joseph DiGiorgio’s massive 24-panel Grand Canyon painting.
The painting will be on display at the Louis Bernal Gallery at Pima Community College’s West Campus until March 10.
The 110-foot panoramic painting is designed using 24-by-7-foot tall panels, each of which represents one hour in a day of the Grand Canyon’s deep, narrow valley with steep sides.
Of the 24 panels, Tucson Museum of Art is lending 19 to the Louis Bernal ...