Lewis Baltz
Until 2 June 2013
The landscape photographs by the US-American Lewis Baltz are characterized by deserted and frequently devastated peripheries. In 1970s, he revolutionized fine-art photography with motifs that had previously not been thought worth depicting, such as industrial buildings, suburban housing developments, and wasteland.
The show will highlight outstanding works by Lewis Baltz, which apart from the aforementioned examples will include the series Candlestick Point (1987-89) and the color photographs of Sites of Technology (1989-91). The ALBERTINA Museum seizes this exhibition as an opportunity to display exceptional photographs from its own holdings in the form of the two series The New Industrial Parks Near Irvine and The Prototype Works. Further excellent works by such artists as Robert Smithson, Ed Ruscha, Bernd & Hilla Becher, and Donald Judd will visualize artistic influences that proved to be crucial for Lewis Baltz’s work. This contextualization is meant to present the complexity of Lewis Baltz’s œuvre on the one hand and pay tribute to one of the most important photographers of the second half of the twentieth century on the other.
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Lewis Baltz: Southeast Corner, Semicoa, 333 McCormick, Costa Mesa, from the series The New Industrial Parks Near Irvine, California., 1974
(The Albertina Museum, Vienna)
Lewis Baltz: Cray supercomputer, CERN, Geneva, from the series 89/91 Sites of Technology , 1989-91
108 x 144 cm , C-Print, Diasec Edition 10
(© Lewis Baltz. Courtesy Galerie Thomas Zander, Cologne)
Lewis Baltz: Gilroy, from the series The Prototype Works, 1967
(The Albertina Museum, Vienna - acquired with assistance of Kunstsektion des Bundes (Galerienförderung))
Lewis Baltz: Anechoic chamber, France Télécom Laboratories, Lannion, from the series 89/91 Sites of Technology , 1989-91
108 x 144 cm, C-Print, Diasec Edition 10
(Illustr. in 89-91 Sites of Technology, #40 © Lewis Baltz. Courtesy Galerie Thomas Zander, Cologne)
(The Albertina Museum, Vienna)
108 x 144 cm , C-Print, Diasec Edition 10 (© Lewis Baltz. Courtesy Galerie Thomas Zander, Cologne)
(The Albertina Museum, Vienna - acquired with assistance of Kunstsektion des Bundes (Galerienförderung))
108 x 144 cm, C-Print, Diasec Edition 10 (Illustr. in 89-91 Sites of Technology, #40 © Lewis Baltz. Courtesy Galerie Thomas Zander, Cologne)