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Art House: The Collection of Chara Schreyer — 8056 Beverly Blvd., Los Angeles, 9 a.m. 24 September 1996

Art House: The Collection of Chara Schreyer

8056 Beverly Blvd., Los Angeles, 9 a.m. 24 September 1996

1996

This mural sized gelatin silver print documents a specific moment and location in Los Angeles with the precision of a time stamped archival record. The work exemplifies conceptual photography's engagement with everyday urban spaces and the indexical nature of the photograph as evidence. By presenting a mundane street address transformed through monumental scale and formal presentation, the artist elevates banal architectural documentation into a meditation on place, memory, and the nature of artistic observation.

Medium
mural-sized gelatin silver print, in artist's chosen frame

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Art House: The Collection of Chara Schreyer, 8056 Beverly Blvd., Los Angeles, 9 a.m. 24 September 1996, 1996

This mural sized gelatin silver print documents a specific moment and location in Los Angeles with the precision of a time stamped archival record. The work exemplifies conceptual photography's engagement with everyday urban spaces and the indexical nature of the photograph as evidence. By presenting a mundane street address transformed through monumental scale and formal presentation, the artist elevates banal architectural documentation into a meditation on place, memory, and the nature of artistic observation.

Medium
mural-sized gelatin silver print, in artist's chosen frame
Year
1996
Seen at
Sotheby's, New York, London, Hong Kong, Paris

Related themes

Documentary realism, Los Angeles street scene, Photography, Conceptual Art, American Artist, Color Photograph, Late 20th Century, Everyday Life, Contemporary Art, Urban Landscape

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