curated by James Welling
20 November 2010 – 15 January 2011
Margo Leavin
John Baldessari Zoe Crosher Shannon Ebner Christina Fernandez
Frank Gohlke Anthony Hernandez Peter Holzhauer Brandon Lattu
William Leavitt Lisa Ohlweiler Catherine Opie Arthur Ou
Allen Ruppersberg Asha Schechter & Jacob Stewart-Halevy
Ger van Elk Mark Wyse Amir Zaki
Frank Gohlke Anthony Hernandez Peter Holzhauer Brandon Lattu
William Leavitt Lisa Ohlweiler Catherine Opie Arthur Ou
Allen Ruppersberg Asha Schechter & Jacob Stewart-Halevy
Ger van Elk Mark Wyse Amir Zaki
"The legacy of New Topographics, the 1975 landmark exhibition at the International Museum of Photography, Rochester, NY—of which Gohlke was a part—echoes throughout The City Proper , as photographers train their lens on Southern California’s urban landscape.
Predominately focused on images of Los Angeles, these artists underscore the nebulous boundaries of the modern megalopolis and invite new readings of the city that the majority of them call home. These contemporary images re-inscribe the myth of the American West and its historical depiction in romanticized landscape photography with hauntingly empty streets, banal settings, and occasional wry humor.
(via south willard log)
T h e C i t y P r o p e r
curated by James Welling
20 November 2010 – 15 January 2011
Margo Leavin
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