« New American Work » by Andrew Moore at the Gallery F 5,6

© Andrew Kar Wash Kafe, Detroit 2009.

Expositions du 27/10/2012 au 26/1/2013 Terminé

Gallery f5.6 Ludwigstr.7 80539 München Allemagne

Andrew Moore describes his photographic interest as centred in the busy intersections of history, “particularly those locations where multiple tangents of time overlap and tangle”, and thus architecture as the embodiment of culture and history is prominently reflected in his large-format photographs.

 

In earlier photographs, taken in places such as Cuba (1998-2002), Russia (2000-2004) and Vietnam (2006–2007), his goal was to work out nuances of the inner workings in particular locations and areas to uncover the underlying historical narrative.

 

 

 

 

 

© Andrew Moore: Homesteader´s Tree, Merriman, Nebraska, 2011.

 

 

 

Moore’s photographs of the western United States, including Detroit, reflect the attempt to understand and depict time. Historical aspects recede into the background, emphasizing the process of tracing fundamental questions of life in terms of coming into existence and fading away. In Detroit - once the fourth largest city in the United States, as well as the site of the largest industrial complex in the world during the 1950s - Moore became aware, as he has stated, that time could no longer be regarded as linear. The past, represented by the almost surreal remains of the city, receded so quickly that time itself seems to be distorted. In this context, he talks about the “meanderings of time” and “Janus-faced nature” which is taking over the part of reigning engineer in the disassembled Detroit landscape.

 

 

 

 

 

© Andrew Moore: Peacock Alley, Detroit 2008.

 

 

 

The city- and landscapes on display will represent this interaction of man and nature, marked by destruction and resurrection, and will be presented for the first time at Galerie f5,6. Andrew Moore was born 1957 in Connecticut, USA. He studied architecture and photography at Princeton University, New Jersey. He currently lives in New York and works as a photographer and director.

 

 

 

 

Photos et Vignette © Andrew Moore.