The Artists
SATELLITE IMAGERY ARTWORK
SATELLITE IMAGERY ARTWORK
ABOV features works of art crafted from satellite data recorded from over 400 miles above the Earth. At first glance these images might resemble oil paintings or photographs. In reality, the textures found naturally on the surface of the Earth create the same depth, detail and touch of a skilled brush stroke. Nature leaves its mark and the ABOV artists “paint” that signature.
Details
The satellite images used to create this artwork are the result of three decades of Earth observation. When processed artistically they introduce a rather contemporary and often abstract view of the Earth's surface.
The Science | See the art up close
Images from Larry Ammann's and Stuart Black's collections are available for purchase in three series of limited edition prints. Depending on the collection these images are available on fine art paper, metallic paper and stretched canvas.
November 03 / 2006
Join us on Friday November 3rd at the ABOV Gallery (444 North Wells Street / Suite 205) as we open “Art Beyond Our Vision—the Familiar & the Foreign”. A colorful mix of themes where nature provides the canvas, landscape processes the design and science adds the color. From Japan to Brazil, India to Greenland and Saudi Arabia—see how the ABOV artists blur the distinction between the familiar and the foreign.
Also, the first two images from Stuart Black's “Shooting the Past” series will debut Friday night. These retro-styled black and white creations are based on photos acquired by Cold War satellites from the 1960-1970s. The “Shooting the Past” series provides a window to the past—an opportunity to revisit a place of interest in a previous generation. Chicago and Lake Shore Drive from the year 1968 will be the first two images released with additional images to follow.