Jim Campbell, Against the Waves. Image courtesy of the artist.
Logan Lecture: Jim Campbell
Trained in mathematics and engineering, Jim Campbell creates custom-built electronic sculptures and installations that have made him a pioneer of computer technology as an art form. Presenting low-resolution moving images within LED matrices, Campbell blurs the line between representation and abstraction. Images extracted from found movies, closed-circuit television of natural phenomena, and his own films of protest marches appear as hazy recollections that test the limits of human perception and digital information.
Campbell’s work is in the collections of the Berkeley Art Museum and Pacific Film Archive; Denver Art Museum; Los Angeles County Museum of Art; Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York; The Museum of Modern Art, New York; San Francisco Museum of Modern Art; Smithsonian American Art Museum, Washington, DC; and Whitney Museum of American Art, New York. He lives and works in San Francisco.
This event is part of the 2024-25 Logan Lecture Series.
Jim Campbell, A Fire a Freeway and a Walk. Image courtesy of the artist.
Jim Campbell, Against the Waves. Image courtesy of the artist.
Jim Campbell, Ambiguous Icon #5 (running falling). Image courtesy of the artist.
Jim Campbell, Church on 5th Avenue. Image courtesy of the artist.
Jim Campbell, Divide. Image courtesy of the artist.
Jim Campbell, Home Movies. Image courtesy of the artist.
Jim Campebll, Drift. Image courtesy of the artist.
Jim Campbell, Motion and Rest #2. Image courtesy of the artist.
Since 2007, the Logan Lecture Series at the Denver Art Museum has presented talks by over 120 contemporary artists. Organized by the Modern and Contemporary Art department, the series is made possible through the generous support of Vicki and Kent Logan.
