Exhibition dates: 7th August – 31st October 2010
Many thankx to The Museum of Fine Arts, Boston for allowing me to publish the photographs in the posting. Please click on the photographs for a larger version of the image.
Richard Misrach (American, b. 1949)
Untitled (New Orleans and the Gulf Coast)
2005
Inkjet print, ed. #3/5, printed 2010
2399 x 1795 mm
The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, gift of the artist
© Richard Misrach
Richard Misrach (American, b. 1949)
Untitled (New Orleans and the Gulf Coast)
2005
Inkjet print, ed. #3/5, printed 2010
2400 x 1807 mm
The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, gift of the artist
© Richard Misrach
Richard Misrach (American, b. 1949)
Untitled (New Orleans and the Gulf Coast)
2005
Inkjet print, ed. #3/5, printed 2010
2400 x 1801 mm
The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, gift of the artist
© Richard Misrach
Just after Hurricane Katrina devastated the city of New Orleans in 2005, photographer Richard Misrach used a 4-megapixel pocket camera to capture messages left behind by evacuees. Some are warnings; some are cries for help or encouragement; some are tallies of loss.
Misrach composed a visual narrative that reveals the wrenching anguish of dealing with the aftermath of this horrific storm. Commemorating the hurricane’s fifth anniversary, the exhibition Richard Misrach: After Katrina presents 69 photographs that Misrach has generously given to the MFAH.
Misrach (born 1949) is best known for his Desert Cantos series, initiated in 1979 and still ongoing. Each canto within the series investigates specific aspects of the American West, from issues of water, to tourism, to the presence of the U.S. military. While developing the Cantos, Misrach has also produced series on the Golden Gate Bridge and Hawaiian beaches. The MFAH collects Misrach’s work in depth and in 1996 organised the artist’s mid-career retrospective, Crimes and Splendors: The Desert Cantos of Richard Misrach.
Text from The Museum of Fine Arts, Boston website
Richard Misrach (American, b. 1949)
Untitled (New Orleans and the Gulf Coast)
2005
Inkjet print, ed. #3/5, printed 2010
2400 x 1794 mm
The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, gift of the artist
© Richard Misrach
Richard Misrach (American, b. 1949)
Untitled (New Orleans and the Gulf Coast)
2005
Inkjet print, ed. #3/5, printed 2010
2400 x 1801 mm
The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, gift of the artist
© Richard Misrach
Richard Misrach (American, b. 1949)
Untitled (New Orleans and the Gulf Coast)
2005
Inkjet print, ed. #3/5, printed 2010
2400 x 1807 mm
The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, gift of the artist
© Richard Misrach
Richard Misrach (American, b. 1949)
Untitled (New Orleans and the Gulf Coast)
2005
Inkjet print, ed. #3/5, printed 2010
2400 x 1803 mm
The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, gift of the artist
© Richard Misrach
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