From here to there : Alec Soth's America, Walker Art Center, Minneapolis / edited by Siri Engberg ; with texts by Geoff Dyer [and others].

Main entry:

Soth, Alec, 1969- photographer.

Title & Author:

From here to there : Alec Soth's America, Walker Art Center, Minneapolis / edited by Siri Engberg ; with texts by Geoff Dyer [and others].

Edition:

First edition.

Publication:

Minneapolis, : Walker Art Center, [2010]
©2010

Description:

224 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 26 cm + 1 booklet (1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 20 cm)

Notes:
Catalog of an exhibition held from Sept. 11, 2010-Jan. 2, 2011.
Booklet titled "The loneliest man in Missouri" in pocket on page 3 of cover.
Includes bibliographical references (pages 209-213) and index.
Welcome to utopia / Siri Engberg -- Riverrun / Geoff Dyer -- American history / Britt Salvesen -- Sleeping it off in Rapid City / August Kleinzahler -- Dismantling my career / Alec Soth in conversation with Bartholomew Ryan -- A wandering art / Barry Schwabsky.

Summary:

The Walker presents the first U.S. survey of the work of Alec Soth, one of the most compelling voices in contemporary photography, whose offbeat images of everyday America form powerful narrative vignettes. Featuring more than 100 photographs made between 1994 and the present, the exhibition includes examples from Soth's well-known series Sleeping by the Mississippi and Niagara, a selection of rarely seen early black-and-white work, and a broad range of portraits. Also on view is the Minneapolis-based artist's newest series, Broken Manual, exploring places of escape in and individuals who seek to flee civilization for a life "off the grid." Working in a photographic tradition of road photography established by such figures as Walker Evans, Robert Frank, William Eggleston, and Stephen Shore, Soth captures stunning large-scale color images often using a cumbersome 8x10 field camera, with an eye toward finding overlooked beauty in the banal. His curiosity, penchant for research, and openness to serendipity in seeking out subjects have all become hallmarks of his working process. The wanderlust embodied in Soth's work is an impulse to uncover his own versions of the narratives that comprise the American experience. His images offer insight into broader sociologies while forming an unexpected portrait of the country.

Resources:
Gallery website
Online press release

ISBN:

9780935640960 (North America ; alk. paper)
0935640967 (North America ; alk. paper)
9783775727501 (Outside North America ; alk. paper)
3775727507 (Outside North America ; alk. paper)

Subject:

Soth, Alec, 1969- Exhibitions.
Soth, Alec, 1969-
Photography, Artistic Exhibitions.
Photographie artistique Expositions.
Photography, Artistic
United States Pictorial works Exhibitions.
United States

Form/genre:

Exhibition catalogs.
Interviews.
exhibition catalogs.
Illustrated works
Exhibition, pictorial works
Catalogues d'exposition.
Ouvrages illustrés.

Added entries:

Engberg, Siri, editor, contributor.
Dyer, Geoff, contributor.
Walker Art Center, host institution.

Alec Soth's America

Holdings:

Location: Library main 269867
Call No.: TR140.S717 F7 2010
Status: Available

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