Jerry Uelsmann: A Celebration of His Life and Art

Jerry Uelsmann was known for his combination printing of multiple negatives into fantastical photographic landscapes. With imagination and wit, he turned landscapes into conundrums, or re-imagined reality altogether. His photographs are collected and exhibited in museums around the world.

Jerry Uelsmann: A Celebration of His Life and Art commemorates this beloved UF artist, teacher, colleague and friend through an overview of his creative life, including thirty-seven Uelsmann photographs, laid out chronologically, from the Harn collection and his archive in Gainesville. In the center of the gallery will be a small re-creation of his studio with toys, visual jokes and strange whirly-gigs that occupied his shelves and walls. Uelsmann was also an art collector — much of it hung in his home as inspiration. Selections of these and portraits of Jerry by various artists will also be on view in this celebration of a life well-lived through the artist’s distinct vision, humor and prolific creativity.

Credit: Exhibition overview from museum website

Image: Jerry Uelsmann, "Dream Theater," 2004, Gift of Jerry N. Uelsmann and Maggie Taylor