John Divola: As Far As I Could Get
John Divola: As Far As I Could Get A survey exhibition across three venues Pomona College Museum of Art, September 3 - December 22, 2013 Los Angeles County Museum of Art, October 6, 2013 - February 2, 2014 Santa Barbara Museum of Art, October 13, 2013 - January 12, 2014 -- With a career spanning four decades, John Divola is as distinctive for his commitment to the photographic community as for his thought provoking work. Divola was born in Los Angeles in 1949. After graduating with a BA from California State University, Northridge, he entered the MFA program at the University of California Los Angeles. There, under the tutelage of Robert Heineken, the artist began to develop his own unique photographic practice, one that merges photography, painting, and conceptual art. In addition to his own studio practice, he teaches contemporary art in the underserved California inland empire and writes on current photographic practice for a national audience. Though his influence and practice are ...