Letters to the Bouncy Banker...

Letters to the Bouncy Banker...
...from a struggling artiste.

Sunday, July 31, 2011

After the Gold Rush: Contemporary Photographs from the Collection

Recent tumult at home and abroad has prompted soul-searching in some quarters of America, and many people have a sense that the promise of our founding ideals and the positive international sway we once exerted are in eclipse. Recent flare-ups over art and censorship echo the "culture wars" of the 1980s and 1990s, which, with an economic collapse and a war seemingly in a stalemate reminiscent of the 1970s, add to the feeling of déjà vu. While previous exhibitions in this gallery have revolved around the nature of photography itself or historical examinations of a formal or aesthetic concept, this installation gathers works made since 1979 that address the culture at large.
Currently on view at the Metropolitan Museum of Art
Moyra Davey (Canadian, born 1958). Copperhead Grid (Detail), 1990. Chromogenic prints; Approx. 25.4 x 20.3 cm (10 x 8 in.) each. The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, Purchase, Vital Projects Fund Inc. Gift, through Joyce and Robert Menschel, 2011 (2011.17kkk). © Moyra Davey

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