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A color photograph of an old Shriner's Club building of white brick with red window and door as…
Gated
A color photograph of an old Shriner's Club building of white brick with red window and door as…
A color photograph of an old Shriner's Club building of white brick with red window and door as seen through an out-of-focus chain-link fence.
Gated, Meryl Truett, 2008, ultrachrome ink on watercolor paper, © Meryl Truett, Telfair Museum of Art, Savannah, Georgia.

Gated

Artist (American, born 1953)
Date2008
Mediumultrachrome ink on watercolor paper
DimensionsImage: 39 3/4 × 39 3/4 inches (101 × 101 cm)
Sight: 43 1/2 × 43 1/2 inches (110.5 × 110.5 cm)
Sheet: 44 × 44 inches (111.8 × 111.8 cm)
Framed: 48 1/8 × 48 1/16 × 5/8 inches (122.2 × 122.1 × 1.6 cm)
Portfolio/Series"Vernacular Highway" portfolio
Credit LineGift of Barbara Archer Gallery and the artist, Meryl Truett.
Object number2008.14
On View
Not on view
Copyright© Meryl Truett. The images and text contained on this page are owned by Telfair Museums or used by the Museum with permission from the owners. Unauthorized reproduction, transmission or display of these materials is prohibited with the exception of items deemed “fair use” as defined by U.S. and international copyright laws.Label TextMeryl Truett is an acclaimed fine art and editorial photographer who is continuously drawn to the South’s enigmatic qualities. She states, “My photographs capture a particular vision of vanishing iconography and a certain moment in time…I seek to collect, document, and preserve the objects, signs, and places of my memory before the infiltration of development and corporate mono-culture transforms the landscape forever.” Her captivating images tell the story of the tension that exists between the past and the present, yet at the same time her works demonstrate that the mystery of the South resides precisely in this relationship between the past and the future. Gated depicts the recently bulldozed Omar Temple no. 21 Grenadier Club at 1020 E Broad Street in Savannah, Georgia. Truett holds an MFA in photography from the Savannah College of Art and Design and a Master’s degree in media arts from the University of South Carolina. Truett currently lives and works in Mexico.
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