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BEYOND THE ANTHROPOCENE
Columbus Hall, CA
Jim Bliesner, Curator
Nov. 16, 2023
“Beyond No!”

Lionel Delevingne’s, “Beyond No!” in BEYOND THE ANTHROPOCENE installation depicts his “X” series as a photographic abstraction signifying sameness amid change. We may look different after the Anthropocene but will fundamentally remain the basic same: Hopes of people following a journey in pursuit of cleansing the old to a rebirth of our new existence.

In the not-so-distant past, Delevingne has pursued “reality,” rendering a visual explanation which often called for action; but as of these terrible times unfold, he has felt the need to probe beyond this reality and deconstruct …thus finding beauty, renewal and hope in the process. As for these X “rated series,” X is no longer symbol of “STOP” but instead it is just a check mark to dig in and explore beyond. Delevingne stated that in his quest to represent characters, in the variety of X’s, each character is unique but different, similar to City Heights’ population where each person is unique but different. “Housing over 30-40 different languages, City Heights people, as in the world, we are all people and each of us is unique in our own way. My X’s represent hope when following a journey/a pursuit of cleansing the old to a rebirth for a new existence/future… sort of eliminating negativity for new beginnings.”

Artist: Lionel Delevingne is an internationally renowned French-born photojournalist who settled in the U.S. in 1975 to document the struggles of the environmental movement and collaborated with domestic and foreign publications among many such as Mother Jones, The New York Times, Die Zeit, and Figaro. Delevingne has lectured and exhibited widely throughout the US and Europe and has authored four books including To the Village Square, from Montague to Fukushima 1975 – 2014 He is the author of four books including “To The Village Square from Montague to Fukushima -1975-2014,” his most recent. In the age of covid while working in solitude, Delevingne’s work has tended to immediate surroundings and has been called “abstract.”

COLUMBUS HALL, 4425 Home Avenue, City Heights, CA   92105

www.LionelDelevingne.com/cv/
www.instagram.com/lioneldelevingne

Courtesy of RemyLinks: 6/2023
Delevingne’s work is available at 510 Warren Street Gallery Hudson NY, an artists’ cooperative

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For immediate release March 15, 2024
510 Warren Street Gallery

“Points de Vue”
March 31 – April 30, 2023

Hudson, NY 510 Warren Street Gallery is pleased to present the photographic works of Lionel Delevingne in a show titled “Points de Vue” beginning on Friday, March 31st, and continuing until Sunday, April 30, 2023. An opening reception with the artist will be held on Saturday, April 1st from 2 to 6 pm.

On display this month, is a catalog “irraisonné” of Mr. Delevingne’s iconic photographs ranging from North Africa to Antarctica. Over his long career as a Photojournalist covering primarily environmental issues, Delevingne’s work has appeared in Mother Jones, The New York Times, Die Zeit and The Village Voice among many others. His photographs have been widely exhibited and are featured in many private and institutional collections worldwide. He has been praised for his unique vision, relevance and humor.

“I discover beauty everywhere — in water, ice, snow and in the strength of a tree. I am busy exploring our world to expose and share its intricacy and fragility. Personally, I find a certain spiritual fulfillment in this pursuit. It is a great source of solace in these troubled times.”

His recent projects have taken him to San Diego, CA and the South Pole; some of this new work will be on view at the gallery.

French born, he has lived in Western Massachusetts since 1975 and more recently settled in Stockbridge, Massachusetts with his wife and Suzette, their chocolate Labrador.

Delevingne’s selection for this Spring show will offer limited edition prints on aluminum ranging from 12×12 inches up to 20×30 inches as well as silver gelatin and pigment prints.

510 Warren Street Gallery
Hudson, NY 12534
lionel@delevingne.com
www.lioneldelevingne.com/cv

Delevingne’s work is available at 510 Warren Street Gallery Hudson NY, an artists’ cooperative

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“Characters”
ongoing exhibition in City Heights, San Diego, CA

A group of San Diego artists has been working with a variety of materials — scarves, wood, chicken wire, old tires— to build sculptures that tell stories in an empty lot in City Heights.

The exhibition’s curator, Jim Bliesner has lived in City Heights for more than 45 years. He said the goal is to fill the vacant lot with something that connects residents with local art. “I think art … stimulates creative thoughts, positive thoughts about your environment,” Bliesner said. “It creates new possibilities in people’s minds about the role of art, and it adds to the community’s character.”

Leading to the 12-foot, three-dimensional figures is a photographic installation by Lionel Delevingne as part of City Heights’ “Characters,” an open-air gallery inhabiting what has been an empty lot on the corner of University Avenue and Interstate 15. The figures are meant to represent individuals, issues and topics relevant to City Heights.

Delevingne has contributed new work from a series titled “Xquisite” installed on the chain link fencing surrounding the lot.  Delevingne used an iphone to give him quick access to a fast-changing situation – a car wash in Massachusetts … Given an early abstraction created by the suds he further explored these by rendering multiple universes. All of the images are 48”x48” and printed by K&B of City Heights.

According to Delevingne, “In the not-so-distant past, I pursued ‘reality’ rendering a visual explanation which often called for action, but as these terrible times unfold, I’ve felt the need to probe beyond and deconstruct this reality … thus find beauty, renewal and hope in the process.”

The installation is open to the public on Saturdays at 3 p.m. It’s free, and there will be music and performances by the Fern Street Circus and Bicycles del Pueblo are also occupying the lot and will do their activities daily from there. More events are being planned.

Lionel Delevingne is a well-known French-born photojournalist who settled in the U.S. in 1975 to document the struggles of the environmental movement and collaborated with domestic and foreign publications including Mother Jones, The New York Times and has authored four books including “To the Village Square, from Montague to Fukushima 1975-2014”.

Photos: top-image from Xquisite series; bottom-installation view of Xquisite

For more information, contact: Bermúdez Remigia, remylinks@gmail.comLionel Delevingne, www.lioneldelevingne.com/cv/

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“From Paris to Stockbridge, via Fukushima”
October 9 – 25, 2020
gallery installation images

               

                               

      

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For Immediate Release:
“From Paris to Stockbridge, via Fukushima”
October 9 – 25, 2020
Photographs by Lionel Delevingne
Feature Exhibition at Stockbridge Station
please see gallery details below

 Exhibition Catalog

Lionel Delevingne was born in Paris, France but has lived in Western Massachusetts most of his life, having come to the US in 1971 to attend Mayday demonstrations against the Vietnam War.

Much of Delevingne’s career has focused on environmental issues. Starting in 1975, he began to document the insidious and ever-present threat of nuclear power as seen in Montague, MA, Three Mile Island, PA, and in the devastating nuclear accidents of Chernobyl, Ukraine and Fukushima, Japan. The images on display represent a selection of this body of work that culminated in the publication, “To the Village Square: from Montague to Fukushima 1975-2014”.

The ‘Drylands’ series, presents photographs from a collaborative project with journalist Steve Turner which resulted in “Drylands, a Rural American Saga” published in 2011. This pictorial essay focuses on Adams County in eastern Washington, depicting the immense beauty and struggles of rural, agricultural life in the USA.

After traveling throughout the world, covering primarily environmental issues, Delevingne settled in Stockbridge, MA, as he says: “Tending to my garden like Voltaire‘s Candide reflected. Any place can be the center of the world as my late friend, Father Spike of Lowell, MA told me. Stockbridge is the center of my world.  While it may seem odd that a native Parisian preaches the appeal of living in a small town, I do so because I have come to appreciate the camaraderie, shared values, and personal support that a more intimate scale provides.

 What better place than right here at home to probe the beauty and wonders of our natural environment? That is what absorbs me presently. I discover beauty everywhere—in water, ice, snow, and in the strength of a tree. I am busy exploring our world to expose—and share—its intricacy and fragility. Personally, I find a certain spiritual fulfillment in this pursuit. It is a great source of solace in these troubled times.”

Delevingne’s current work, taken locally during the last 5 years is being shown now for the first time. These black and white photographs focus on intimate connections with nature and are printed on archival aluminum plates, in a process that recreates the luminescence of a digital image. They offer a surreal, even mystical connection with aspects of nature.  Each piece is comprised of 4 to 9 images, presented in gridded format, that envelops both subject and viewer.

The gallery proceeds of this exhibit will be shared with the Laurel Hill Association whose visionary pioneers have guided this community for 170 years and presently promises to renew its community leadership role for the future.

Stockbridge Station Gallery
For additional information, contact Jim Schantz at jim@schantzgalleries.com
2 Depot Street, Stockbridge, MA 01262, 413.563.4934
open by appointment, Thursday through Sunday, book online at www.stockbridgestationgallery.com

Delevingne’s work is available at 510 Warren Street Gallery Hudson NY, an artists’ cooperative

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Laurel Hill Association of Stockbridge Stockbridge, MA

Free Photography Workshop
with Lionel Delevingne
August 31, 2019
9am-12pm

Renowned photographer, Lionel Delevingne will lead a free photography workshop intended to explore, enjoy and share with others the beauty and solace of the Laurel Hill Association’s trails through the camera/ iphone. Time will be spent both photographing on location and reviewing the results of each participant’s work for a learning experience. Our intention will be to shift our perception from the commonplace, to your unique experience of the world within.

Your vision will become clear only when you look into your heart. Who looks outside, dreams. Who looks inside awakens.        Carl Gustav Jung

Sponsored by the Laurel Hill Association’s Educational Committee.
For more information please visit Laurel Hill Association’s website

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St. Michael’s College, McCarthy Art Gallery and Center, Burlington, VT

Exhibition and Panel Discussion:
“To The Village Square: From Montague to Fukushima to Burlington”
October 11 – December 8, 2018
Gallery Reception:
Oct 18, 5:30-6:30pm
Artist talk:
Oct 18, 6:00pm
Panel Discussion:
Oct 18, 7:00pm

“To the Village Square we must carry the facts of atomic energy. From there must come America’s voice.”
Albert Einstein, June 1946, United Nations

Photography exhibition featuring the work of Lionel Delevingne taken during his 40 year journey shining a light on the nuclear industry’s covert practices and tells the story of citizens who spoke up against it. The citizens who refused to be nuclear neighbors, and fought for years to stop construction or close the reactors in their backyards. The photographs also introduce us to the victims of nuclear power, among them the children who suffer the grave consequences, even generations after the 1986 explosion at Chernobyl. Through Delevingne’s record, we can see for ourselves the tragedies of the worst accident sites: Three Mile Island in the United States, Chernobyl in Russia, and Fukushima in Japan.

When Activism Drives Art, and Art Drives Activismwith panelists Lionel Delevingne, Aileen Smith founder of Green Action, Paul Gunter, Director Beyond Nuclear and Clamshell Alliance co-founder Jay Gustaferro will explore historical and contemporary examples of the intersection and reciprocal nature of art and activism as it relates to the anti-nuclear movement.  In particular, the panel will examine how the success of the anti-nuclear movement can be used as a model for changing the course of events with environmental threats we face today.

 

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July 2017
Delevingne’s Exhibition “To the Village Square” closes

“To the Village Square” on view at Northeastern University’s International Village Gallery closes after a successful two month showing with thousands of visitors in attendance. On view were photographs and texts from Lionel Delevingne’s decades-long mission of chronicling the safe energy movement in which he captured the rise of anti-nuclear activism. His book, “To the Village Square: From Montague to Fukushima, 1975-2014” is a testament to his focus, his findings and his aim to celebrate common citizens who stand up against all odds for their beliefs and make a difference.

 

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2017
Atomic Photographers Guild (APG)

Lionel Delevingne is honored to be included as a new member of The Atomic Photographers Guild (APG).  The APG is an international collective of artists dedicated to making visible all facets of the nuclear age. Created in 1987 by Robert Del Tredici, with founding members Carole Gallagher and Harris Fogel, the APG documents the history, impact and ongoing legacy of the atomic age – emphasizing nuclear weapons mass-production, atomic testing and proliferation, nuclear power, reactor accidents, radioactive waste containment, irradiated landscapes, and radiation affected populations.

 

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Spring/Summer 2017

For immediate release:
“To The Village Square”
by Lionel Delevingne
Northeastern University, Boston MA
International Village Gallery

“To the village square we must carry the facts of Atomic energy; from there must come America’s voice.” 
Albert Einstein, United Nations 1946

Open to the public, free admission
Limited free copies of the book available
Link to poster PDF

Currently on view at Northeastern’s International Village Gallery space are photographs and text from Lionel Delevingne’s decades-long mission of chronicling the safe energy movement in which he captured the rise of anti-nuclear activism. His book, “To the Village Square: From Montague to Fukushima, 1975-2014” is a testament to his focus, his findings and his aim to celebrate common citizens who stand up against all odds for their beliefs and make a difference.

Today, the fight continues. Fracking, Pipelines, Climate Change are the words of the day. As Delevingne said, “This body of work is about power. Not just nuclear power, but, as I have witnessed, the power of community to force action and make a change. It is unfortunately clear to me that the threat of nuclear power remains real. In recent years, I have been appalled to see the co-opting of ‘green’ by the nuclear industry’s lobbying spin-masters. It will be impossible for the viewer seeing these photographs from Chernobyl and Fukushima not to reach the same conclusion. Evidence from these nuclear catastrophes confirms and reinforces that renewable, sustainable safer energy sources must be found now.”

Photojournalist, Lionel Delevingne left his native France and settled in Western Massachusetts in 1975. Since then, his feature essays on patriotism, Native Americans, and the environment have been widely exhibited and praised in the US and abroad. His work has appeared in over 200 alternative and mainstream publications including Mother Jones, In These Times, Vanity Fair, Village Voice and the New York Times.

For more information contact:
Bruce Ployer, Campus Curator
Northeastern University
International Village Gallery
1175 Tremont St, Boston, MA 02120
617.373.5728
b.ployer@northeastern.edu

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Friday, October 28, 2016
Bennington College, VT
Guest lecturer in Anthropology

Presentation and discussion on the aftermath of Chernobyl and the safe energy movement with anthropology class  “Culture, Environment and Sustainable Living” led by faculty Miroslav Prazak.

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Friday, September 30, 2016, 7-9pm
Impact Hub Kyoto, Japan
 Lionel Delevingne will be at Impact Hub Kyoto to present and speak about the photographic images from his book ” To the Village Square” with
comments from Aileen Mioko Smith of Green Action (Kyoto). We look forward to a lively discussion with audience and speakers.

English/Japanese interpreting. All Welcome-
No Reservations – Admission is free.
Nishijin IT ro-Ji Building 97 Kainoka micho. Kamigyo Ward,
Kyoto – Japan PH: 075-417-0115

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“To the village square, we must carry the facts of atomic energy. From there must come America’s voice.” Albert Einstein, 1946
March 11, 2016 is the fifth anniversary of Japan’s Tepco nuclear meltdown. All my thoughts go to friends and thousands of others, who lost their home, due to an industry’s criminal negligence.

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March 13, 2016, 11:00am – 12:30pm
Local Environmental Action 2016 Conference
Northeastern University, Curry Center, Boston, MA
Panel Discussion:
“Arts and Activism”, with Lionel Delevingne and Robert Shetterly

The Local Environmental Action 2016 conference is an opportunity to join community leaders, environmental advocates and activists from across New England for a day of skills training, networking, and inspiration. Delevingne and Shetterly will be discussing the importance images have in establishing and defining a movement. For more info:
Local Environmental Action 2016
Robert Shetterly  artist/activist who has painted over 215 portraits for his series,  Americans Who Tell the Truth

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2015    
“To the Village Square: Montague to Fukushima”, The Bookstore, Gloucester, MA
Lecture and discussion

 

 

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October 18, 2015, 4pm
Lenox Public Library, Sedwick Reading Room, Lenox, MA
Lecture

The Distinguished Lecture Series 2015-16 presents Lionel Delevingne,author, photojournalist.

Mr. Delevingne will speak about and show photographs from his latest book “To the Village Square — from Montague, Massachusetts to Fukushima, Japan, 1975-2014.”

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May 19, 2015
Portsmouth Public Library, NH
Presentation and Discussion

Seacoast Anti Pollution League (SAPL) sponsors “To the Village Square…..Montague to Fukushima 1975-2014 ” , a book presentation with author Lionel Delevingne, and activist Anna Gyorgy who wrote the introduction thus opening a discussion on what was learned through the antinuclear movement and how that relates to energy now and the future for our states and region, in an era of climate change and resource loss …Veteran Clamshell Alliance Robin Read, Renny Cushing, Cathy Wolf, Guy Chichester Jr., Marcia Burns, Peter Kellman Jay Gustaferro among others will be there!

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March 19, 2015, 7:00pm
Photo Forum at Guilderland Public Library
Discussion and Exhibition

French-American Photographer, Lionel Delevingne, has been documenting the anti-nuclear movement since the early 1970s. He will discuss his work as a Photojournalist, specifically as documented in his book “To The Village: From Montague To Fukushima. His work will be on display in the Helderberg Room In February. Contact: Margaret Lanoue, tel: 456-2400 Ext 2

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March 12^th, 2015, 6:30pm
Water Street Books, Williamstown, MA
Talk and Book Signing

Water St. Books will host a book talk with Lionel Delevingne on Thursday March 12th at 6:30 pm.  Delevingne is a veteran photojournalist, published widely in periodicals of such stature as Mother Jones, New York Times, Village Voice, Washington Post, and Vanity Fair. He has been covering significant political actions and capturing them on camera since his first anti-nuke rally in Montague in 1975.  “To the Village Square…from Montague to Fukushima 1974-2014” is his moving new book of photographs chronicling the movement against nuclear power over a span of decades. There are images from the historic Seabrook actions and, from Three Mile Island, to Chernobyl and Fukushima. “there’s nothing like it between two covers”. A book signing and reception will follow his presentation. The event is free and open to the public. Contact: R. Simpson, manager. Water St. Books 26 Water St. Williamstown, MA 01267 tel: 413 458 8071. For more information please visit the website: http://www.tothevillagesquare.net