Shipyard #7, Qili Port, Zhejiang Province | Edward Burtynsky
2005
12.75 x 16.25 inches (23.25 x 26.25 inches framed)
Edition of 30
ABOUT THE ARTWORK
“About four years after the Exxon Valdez oil spill I learned that insurance companies were refusing to cover single-hulled ships after 2004. Only double-hulled ships would be allowed on the open sea to prevent that kind of catastrophe from happening again. [I thought] it would be interesting to see where these massive vessels would be taken apart. I looked upon the shipbreaking as the ultimate in recycling, in this case of the largest vessels ever made. It turned out that most of the dismantling was happening in India and Bangladesh, so that’s where I went.” —Edward Burtynsky
ABOUT EDWARD BURTYNSKY
Born 1955 in St. Catherines, ON
Edward Burtynsky is one of Canada’s most respected photographers. He received his BAA in Photography/Media Studies from Ryerson University in 1982, and in 1985 founded Toronto Image Works, a darkroom-rental facility, custom-photo laboratory, digital-imaging and new-media computer-training centre catering to all levels of Toronto’s art community. Burtynsky’s distinctions include the TED Prize, the Governor General’s Awards in Visual and Media Arts, and The Outreach award at the Rencontres d’Arles. In 2006 he was awarded the title of Officer of the Order of Canada. Burtynsky was included in the 1988 Gallery TPW exhibition “Breaking Ground.”
Selected solo exhibitions: “Salt Pans/Essential Elements,” Howard Greenberg Gallery, New York (2016); “Water,” New Orleans Museum of Art, toured to Grand Rapids Art Museum, Grand Rapids, MI, Chrysler Museum of Art, Norfolk, VA, Phoenix Art Museum, and Kunsthaus Wien, Vienna (2013–17); “A Terrible Beauty,” Vancouver Art Gallery (2014); “Oil,” The Photographers’ Gallery, London (2012)
Selected group exhibitions: “The Edge of the Earth: Climate Change in Photography and Video,” Ryerson Image Centre, Toronto (2016); “Sublime:. The Tremors of the World,” Pompidou Centre, Metz, France (2016); “The Force of Ruins,” Palazzo Altemps, Rome (2015–16); “Shine a Light: Canadian Biennial 2014,” National Gallery of Canada, Ottawa (2014–15)
Selected public collections: Art Gallery of Ontario, Toronto; Baltimore Museum of Art; Brooklyn Museum of Art; George Eastman Museum, Rochester, NY; Library of Congress, Washington, DC; Museum of Fine Arts Houston; Museum of Modern Art, New York; National Gallery of Canada, Ottawa
2005
12.75 x 16.25 inches (23.25 x 26.25 inches framed)
Edition of 30
ABOUT THE ARTWORK
“About four years after the Exxon Valdez oil spill I learned that insurance companies were refusing to cover single-hulled ships after 2004. Only double-hulled ships would be allowed on the open sea to prevent that kind of catastrophe from happening again. [I thought] it would be interesting to see where these massive vessels would be taken apart. I looked upon the shipbreaking as the ultimate in recycling, in this case of the largest vessels ever made. It turned out that most of the dismantling was happening in India and Bangladesh, so that’s where I went.” —Edward Burtynsky
ABOUT EDWARD BURTYNSKY
Born 1955 in St. Catherines, ON
Edward Burtynsky is one of Canada’s most respected photographers. He received his BAA in Photography/Media Studies from Ryerson University in 1982, and in 1985 founded Toronto Image Works, a darkroom-rental facility, custom-photo laboratory, digital-imaging and new-media computer-training centre catering to all levels of Toronto’s art community. Burtynsky’s distinctions include the TED Prize, the Governor General’s Awards in Visual and Media Arts, and The Outreach award at the Rencontres d’Arles. In 2006 he was awarded the title of Officer of the Order of Canada. Burtynsky was included in the 1988 Gallery TPW exhibition “Breaking Ground.”
Selected solo exhibitions: “Salt Pans/Essential Elements,” Howard Greenberg Gallery, New York (2016); “Water,” New Orleans Museum of Art, toured to Grand Rapids Art Museum, Grand Rapids, MI, Chrysler Museum of Art, Norfolk, VA, Phoenix Art Museum, and Kunsthaus Wien, Vienna (2013–17); “A Terrible Beauty,” Vancouver Art Gallery (2014); “Oil,” The Photographers’ Gallery, London (2012)
Selected group exhibitions: “The Edge of the Earth: Climate Change in Photography and Video,” Ryerson Image Centre, Toronto (2016); “Sublime:. The Tremors of the World,” Pompidou Centre, Metz, France (2016); “The Force of Ruins,” Palazzo Altemps, Rome (2015–16); “Shine a Light: Canadian Biennial 2014,” National Gallery of Canada, Ottawa (2014–15)
Selected public collections: Art Gallery of Ontario, Toronto; Baltimore Museum of Art; Brooklyn Museum of Art; George Eastman Museum, Rochester, NY; Library of Congress, Washington, DC; Museum of Fine Arts Houston; Museum of Modern Art, New York; National Gallery of Canada, Ottawa
2005
12.75 x 16.25 inches (23.25 x 26.25 inches framed)
Edition of 30
ABOUT THE ARTWORK
“About four years after the Exxon Valdez oil spill I learned that insurance companies were refusing to cover single-hulled ships after 2004. Only double-hulled ships would be allowed on the open sea to prevent that kind of catastrophe from happening again. [I thought] it would be interesting to see where these massive vessels would be taken apart. I looked upon the shipbreaking as the ultimate in recycling, in this case of the largest vessels ever made. It turned out that most of the dismantling was happening in India and Bangladesh, so that’s where I went.” —Edward Burtynsky
ABOUT EDWARD BURTYNSKY
Born 1955 in St. Catherines, ON
Edward Burtynsky is one of Canada’s most respected photographers. He received his BAA in Photography/Media Studies from Ryerson University in 1982, and in 1985 founded Toronto Image Works, a darkroom-rental facility, custom-photo laboratory, digital-imaging and new-media computer-training centre catering to all levels of Toronto’s art community. Burtynsky’s distinctions include the TED Prize, the Governor General’s Awards in Visual and Media Arts, and The Outreach award at the Rencontres d’Arles. In 2006 he was awarded the title of Officer of the Order of Canada. Burtynsky was included in the 1988 Gallery TPW exhibition “Breaking Ground.”
Selected solo exhibitions: “Salt Pans/Essential Elements,” Howard Greenberg Gallery, New York (2016); “Water,” New Orleans Museum of Art, toured to Grand Rapids Art Museum, Grand Rapids, MI, Chrysler Museum of Art, Norfolk, VA, Phoenix Art Museum, and Kunsthaus Wien, Vienna (2013–17); “A Terrible Beauty,” Vancouver Art Gallery (2014); “Oil,” The Photographers’ Gallery, London (2012)
Selected group exhibitions: “The Edge of the Earth: Climate Change in Photography and Video,” Ryerson Image Centre, Toronto (2016); “Sublime:. The Tremors of the World,” Pompidou Centre, Metz, France (2016); “The Force of Ruins,” Palazzo Altemps, Rome (2015–16); “Shine a Light: Canadian Biennial 2014,” National Gallery of Canada, Ottawa (2014–15)
Selected public collections: Art Gallery of Ontario, Toronto; Baltimore Museum of Art; Brooklyn Museum of Art; George Eastman Museum, Rochester, NY; Library of Congress, Washington, DC; Museum of Fine Arts Houston; Museum of Modern Art, New York; National Gallery of Canada, Ottawa