Richard Misrach

Destroy This Memory

HC, 30 x 30,5 cm., o.pp
Aperture 2010

The photographs in Richard Misrach's "Destroy This Memory" are an affecting reminder of the physical and psychological impact of Hurricane Katrina as told by those on the ground, and seen through the lens of a contemporary master. Rather than simply surveying the damage, Misrach?who has photographed the region regularly since the 1970s, most notably for his ongoing Cancer Alley project?found himself drawn to the hurricane-inspired graffiti: messages scrawled in spray paint, crayons, chalk, or whatever materials residents and rescue workers happened to have on hand. At turns threatening, desperate, clinical, and even darkly humorous, the phrases he captured?the only text that appears in the book?offer unique and revealing human perspectives on the devastation and shock left in the wake of this disaster. (www.artdaily.org)

Andere Titel von Richard Misrach:

The Sky Book
Bravo 20. The Bombing of the American West
Desert - Cantos del desierto 1979 - 1999
Violent Legacies. Das Erbe der Gewalt. Drei Gesänge
Golden Gate
Telegraph 3 A.M.
Pictures of Paintings
Chronologies

Ausstellungen von/mit Richard Misrach

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12.11. - 05.02.2012: Face of Our Time , University of Michigan Museum , Ann Arbor, USA
15.10. - 12.02.2012: 1991: Oakland-Berkeley Fire Aftermath , Oakland Museum of California, Oakland, USA
12.10. - 05.02.2012: 1991: The Oakland-Berkeley Fire Aftermath , Berkeley Art Museum and Pacifi, Berkeley, USA
01.10. - 13.02.2012: UNDER THE BIG BLACK SUN - CALIFORNIA ART 1974-1981 , Geffen Contemporary at MOCA - , Los Angeles, USA
02.07. - 16.10.2011: Face of Our Time , SFMOMA San Francisco Museum of, San Francisco, USA