Alec Soth "The Last Days of W."
Gagosian Gallery Madison Avenue
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Gagosian Gallery presents "The Last Days of W.," color photographs taken by Alec Soth between 2000 and 2008.
Although originally conceived without explicit political intent, in retrospect Soth considers this selected body of work, which spans both terms of George W. Bush's presidency, to represent "a panoramic look at a country exhausted by its catastrophic leadership." Soth's earlier series such as "Sleeping by the Mississippi," "NIAGARA," and "Dog Days, Bogotá" – all subjective narratives containing disenfranchised figures and decaying landscapes -- laid the conceptual groundwork for "The Last Days of W." It provides a wry commentary on the adverse effects of the national administration, perhaps best exemplified by an unwittingly ironic remark that Bush made in 2000: "I think we can agree, the past is over."
A color newspaper of the exhibition, conceived and published by Soth, will be available during the exhibition.
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Schedule
from January 20, 2009 to March 07, 2009
Opening Reception on 2009-01-20 from 18:00 to 20:00