Stephen Wirtz Gallery
49 Geary St, 3rd Floor
415.433.6879
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Alec Soth, Priscilla, Los Angeles, 2008, Pigmented ink print, Courtesy of Stephen Wirtz Gallery
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Jan 8, 2009 – Feb 21, 2009
Tuesdays–Fridays (9:30am–5:30pm)
Saturdays (10:30am–5:30pm)
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As W. heads back to Crawford for good, he leaves behind memories both pathetic and dire — flying size 10s, bungled phrases, and premature Mission Accomplished banners underscore the outrages of Abu Ghraib and Katrina. Now, with pitch-perfect irony, photographer Alec Soth documents #43's legacy, capturing the shell-shocked American landscape he leaves behind. Lonely images of Osama Bin Laden piñatas, pawn shops, homeless camps called Purgatory, gull-infested landfills, and dying rustbelt towns evoke a twilight zone where, as Soth says, there's no telling if it's "dusk or dawn."
