Signs : photographs by Jim Dow / with essays by Jim Dow and April M. Watson.
The American photographer Jim Dow (b. 1942) is renowned for photographs that depict the built environment-he first gained attention for his panoramic triptychs of baseball stadiums-and for his skill at conveying the "human ingenuity and spirit" that suffuse the spaces. This book is the first to focu...
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Language: | English |
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Kansas City, Missouri :
The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art,
[2022]
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Physical Description: | 119 pages : chiefly illustrations (some color) ; 29 cm |
Format: | Book |
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The American photographer Jim Dow (b. 1942) is renowned for photographs that depict the built environment-he first gained attention for his panoramic triptychs of baseball stadiums-and for his skill at conveying the "human ingenuity and spirit" that suffuse the spaces. This book is the first to focus on Dow's early black-and-white pictures, featuring more than 60 photographs made between 1967 and 1977, a majority of which have never before been published. Indebted to the work of Walker Evans, a key mentor of Dow's, these photographs depict time-worn signage taken from billboards, diners, gas stations, drive-ins, and other small businesses. While still recognizable as icons of commercial Americana, without their context Dow's signs impart ambiguous messages, often situated between documentation and abstraction. Including a new essay by Dow that reveals his own perspective on the development of the work, Signs suggests how these formative years honed the artist's sensibility and conceptual approach. |
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Note: | Catalog of an exhibition held at the Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, May 7-October 9, 2022. |
Call Number: | TR647 .D72 2022 |
Bibliography Note: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 115-117). |
ISBN: | 9780300264012 0300264011 |