He insists that
photographing abandoned sites is a «side project» and a «hobby,» and that he is neither a historian nor the kind of space enthusiast who can «name every astronaut who ever flew.»
Not exact matches
The
photographs, like much of the artist's work, capture images of ancient ruins,
abandoned bunkers, and graffiti - covered urban structures - in short, disparate
sites that are unified by their shared states of physical change, erosion, or decay over time.
Henríquez's collage emotes Dan Flavin's fluorescent minimalism, Louise Lawler's meta -
photographs of artworks on exhibition, and Gordon Matta - Clark's
site - specific interventions upon
abandoned buildings.
His
photographs capture instances of incipient decay such as cracks in walls, desolate and
abandoned construction
sites and gathering waste.
The few pieces of physical art — including a
site - specific painting by Luc Tuymans and a
photograph by Isa Genzken — looked as though they'd been
abandoned by former occupants in a rapid evacuation.
The
sites photographed for the series range from
abandoned back alleys to deserted shipyards.