Image of the Day, March 5, 2012

© Copyright 2011. Bill Schenck. All Right Reserved. Photograph, Untitled CO-060, BW, December 2008. Credit: schencksouthwest.com“What has remained constant throughout Schenck’s career is his individuality in dealing with the subject matter of the west. Using the artistic formula of classic western film direction and the photographically reliant systems of contemporary art, he has bridged two genres that resonate with the American experience.”

© Copyright 2011. Bill Schenck. All Right Reserved. Photograph, Untitled CO-070, Color, August 2008. Credit: schencksouthwest.com“Rather than standing as an outside observer to the realities and myths of the west, Schenck is a part of the scene, figuratively and literally. From early depictions of cinematic cowboys to real-life cowboys and cowgirls to poetic reveries about the Native American existence in the Southwest, Schenck melds the real with the imagined, autobiography with fantasy.” - Julie Sasse, Chief Curator and Curator of Modern and Contemporary Art, Tucson Museum of Art