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Lewis Baltz — Southwest Wall, Vollrath, 2424 McGaw, Irvine from The New Industrial Parks near Irvine, California
Lewis Baltz

Southwest Wall, Vollrath, 2424 McGaw, Irvine from The New Industrial Parks near Irvine, California

A stark, black-and-white photograph documenting the featureless exterior wall of an industrial building in Irvine, California, rendered with Baltz's characteristic cool precision and minimalist aesthetic. The gelatin silver print reduces the manufactured landscape to geometric planes of light and shadow, stripping the structure of any narrative or human presence. This work exemplifies Baltz's critical examination of postwar American industrial sprawl and the bland, anonymous architecture that defines it.

Medium
Gelatin silver print.

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April 9, 2018

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Lewis Baltz, Southwest Wall, Vollrath, 2424 McGaw, Irvine from The New Industrial Parks near Irvine, California

A stark, black-and-white photograph documenting the featureless exterior wall of an industrial building in Irvine, California, rendered with Baltz's characteristic cool precision and minimalist aesthetic. The gelatin silver print reduces the manufactured landscape to geometric planes of light and shadow, stripping the structure of any narrative or human presence. This work exemplifies Baltz's critical examination of postwar American industrial sprawl and the bland, anonymous architecture that defines it.

Medium
Gelatin silver print.
Seen at
Phillips, New York, London, Hong Kong

Related themes

Conceptual Photography, 20th Century, Minimalist Aesthetic, Minimalist, Male Artist, Documentary Photography, Black and White Photography, Gelatin Silver Print, American Photographer, New Topographics, Architectural Photography, Urban Sprawl, Cool and detached, Established Artist, Industrial Landscape, Cool Detached Mood, Black and White

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