HOUSTON, TEXAS (January 2, 2007) - A selection of
works - 31 photographs and 2 sculptures-- by renowned photographer, George
Krause, will be on view at the Beeville Art Museum from January 13 through
April 28, 2007.
"When I was
young, I wanted to see as much as I could, and maybe that's the reason I became
a photographer, for the sense of adventure...The whole process of photography surprised me...and it's still
surprising me," stated Krause.That element of surprise is present in almost all of Krause's work - his
surprise as the photographer and our surprise as viewers.
Krause's photographs
are not tied to one particular style or time period, and have a lasting,
universal appeal.Throughout the
years, and through his many photographic series, he has confronted emotional
issues common to us all - sensuality, spirituality, and death.As Patricia C. Johnson, art critic for
the Houston Chronicle wrote, "Krause
manages to say something about the reality of being human."
Establishing new precedents in his field, George
Krause received the first Prix de Rome and the first Fulbright/Hays fellowship
ever awarded to a photographer.In
addition, he has received two Guggenheim fellowships and three grants from the
National Endowment for the Arts.His photographs are featured in major museum collections, including the
Museum of Modern Art in New York, the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, the
Philadelphia Museum of Art, and the Bibliotheque Nationale in Paris.
