JOHN PFAHL – ALTERED LANDSCAPES
2019-10-14The exhibition will present a selection of vintage dye transfer color photographs that the artist printed in the late 1970s, as well as larger archival pigment prints of the series most celebrated images.
In his series Altered Landscapes, Pfahl physically changes the environment, fabricating the view to question our perception of the landscape through added elements that reference mark-making devices associated with photographs, maps, plans, and diagrams. These gestures sometimes repeat strong formal components; fill in information suggested by the scene, or act upon information external to the photograph itself. The picturesque scenes are at once interrupted and completed by the artist’s involvement in creating the photograph.
Opposite – Monument Valley with Red String, Monument Valley, Utah, 1977
Exhibition runs through to December 13th, 2019
Joseph Bellows Gallery
7661 Girard Avenue
La Jolla
92037 CA
