LINCOLN, NEBRASKA.- The Sheldon Memorial Art Gallery presents The Architect's Brother, on view through April 1, 2007. Robert and Shana ParkeHarrison's The Architect's Brother features 42 large-scale, mixed media-images creating a mythical world that mirrors ours, where nature is domesticated and controlled.

The exhibition considers the state, and possible fate, of the Earth. The ParkeHarrisons came of age in a United States newly altered by envronmental awareness, which encouraged personal and cultural commentary by artists.

They conjure a destiny in which humankind's overuse of the land has led to environments spent and abandoned with the exception of one indefatigable spirit, portrayed by Robert ParkeHarrison. The protagonist takes up ironic and often futile tasks of preservation or renewal amid landscapes spent and abandoned either because of war or industrial intrusion.

Placing himself within the images, ParkeHarrison attempts to patch holes in the sky, construct rain machines, and chase storms to create electricity. Each photograph -- which takes about five weeks to create -- started with notes and a drawing and library research. They built sets and props to carefully stage each image.

The Architect's Brother was organized by George Eastman House under the direction of Therese Mulligan, curator of photography.

Generous support by Baylor, Evnen, Curtiss, Grimit & Witt, LLP, and the Wake Charitable Foundation have made this exhibition possible in Lincoln.