Untitled
Date1996 - 1998
Mediumchromogenic print
DimensionsImage: 9 × 13 9/16 inches (22.9 × 34.4 cm)
Sheet: 10 15/16 × 14 inches (27.8 × 35.6 cm)
Matted: 16 × 20 inches (40.6 × 50.8 cm)
Framed: 16 × 20 inches (40.6 × 50.8 cm)
Portfolio/Series"Printed Matter Photography Portfolio II: Landscapes, 1996-98."
Credit LineGift of Zoë and Joel Dictrow.
Object number2013.4.4
Copyright© Dan Graham.
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 TextDan Graham has been an important contemporary artist for over 50 years and has an extensive practice that includes performance, installation, writing, photography, video and architecture. He currently lives and works in New York City, but grew up in the suburbs of New Jersey, a landscape that he often returns to for creative inspiration. His work, conceptual and theoretical in approach, seeks to analyze the cultural and political systems currently in place. One of his earliest and most well-known works was a series of photographs of suburban New Jersey homes titled Homes for America, which was published as a parody of a magazine think-piece. His straightforward approach seemingly critiqued the cookie-cutter aesthetic common to housing developments Post-WWII.
This untitled image of a truck distribution center depicts the long, empty boxes of truck beds through a chain-link fence taking a similar sense of banality as an aesthetic style. Through Graham’s lens, this photograph operates as a landscape of a different kind, one of commerce and asphalt.
