MARK KLETT – CAMINO DEL DIABLO
2015-02-16Mark Klett, a photographer who focuses on responding to historical images or views, Klett’s latest exhibition converses with the 1870 memoir of mining engineer Raphael Pumpelly, who drew fame with his depiction of the Camino del Diablo, the “road of the devil”. Revisiting the site, a notoriously remote desert which is now a bombing range, Klett marries the contemporary war zone aesthetic of the desert with Pumpelly’s vision of constant near-death. The artist and writer bring together a juxtaposition of the Camino del Diablo’s natural beauty, with the man-made hostilities present in the 19th and 21st centuries.
Opposite – Slight track with red clouds at dusk, Copper Mountains, 2013
Exhibition runs through to February 21st, 2015
Pace/MacGill Gallery
32 East 57th Street
9th floor
NYC 10022
