LEE FRIEDLANDER – SIGNS
2019-08-05Since the early 1960s, Friedlander has focused on the signs that inscribe the American landscape, from hand-lettered ads to storefront windows to massive billboards.
Made in New York, San Francisco, and dozens of cities and small towns in between, Friedlander’s photographs record milk prices, cola ads, neon lights, road signs, graffiti, and movie marquees. Depicting these texts with precision and sly humor, Friedlander’s approach to America transcribes a sort of found poetry of commerce and desire. A large majority of works in the exhibition will be shown for the first time.
Opposite – New Haven, Connecticut, 1980
Exhibition runs through to August 17th, 2019
Fraenkel Gallery
49 Geary Street
San Francisco
94108 CA
