SLATE is pleased to present works by Robert Buelteman, on view in Oakland City Center's lobby through January 4, 2022. Visiting Hours are Monday–Friday from 8:30am–5pm

Location:

Oakland City Center

555 12th Street Oakland CA, 94607

ARTISTS STATEMENT

Robert Buelteman is a celebrated fine art photographer whose works connect audience to subject in an emotionally transcendent manner. Whether examining the spirit of the landscape or inquiring into the design of nature, his work is a powerful extraction of beauty and substance revealing unrecognized dimensions in the commonplace.

In 1999, Buelteman left photographic tradition behind, and began using a unique method made without cameras, lenses, or computers to create “energetic photograms.” Working directly with large sheets of photographic film, living plants are used as a filter through which high- voltage electricity and fiber-optically-delivered light is passed. The resulting images open a window on life’s mysteries, and were compared by the Los Angeles Times with photographs of our universe made by the Hubble Telescope.

ABOUT THE ARTIST

Robert Buelteman has received accolades from institutions as diverse as the United States Congress, Commonwealth Club of California, Committee for Green Foothills, and the Natural Resources Defense Council. Since 2010 his art has been the subject of numerous essays, including those of the Yale University Art Museum, Santa Barbara Museum of Art, Accel-KKR, Bank of America, Abingworth, Adobe Systems, Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation, Stanford University, Xerox, and Nikon. He lives and has an active studio in Pacifica, CA.