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Artist Talk

Artist Talk and Gallery Tour with Michael Brophy

2:00 pm

Painter Michael Brophy discusses the interconnectedness of human, natural, and cultural histories in his work and how his visit to Washington State's decommissioned nuclear site inspired Reach: The Hanford Series. The presentation will be followed by an artist-led tour of the exhibition. The artist talk portion of the event will be livestreamed. To attend online, please register for a zoom link.

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Michael Brophy’s Reach: The Hanford Series

Harold and Arlene Schnitzer Gallery

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In 2017 painter Michael Brophy visited the decommissioned nuclear production complex at Hanford, Washington. He observed its B Reactor, the world’s first full-scale plutonium-producing reactor, the former townsites and remnants of the area closed off when Hanford’s facilities were established by the U.S. Government in 1943, and a landscape forever changed. In a reference to the site’s nine nuclear reactors, now offline and cocooned in concrete, Brophy made nine paintings to document and process his experience and bring this history to light.

Includes:
  • Virtual Tour