Adobe Books has now moved to 24th Street! We have a new website for The Backroom Gallery. Please visit our new page at www.adobebackroomgallery.com This site is now an archive for exhibits at The Backroom Gallery from 2007-2013, at the 16th Street location.
Wednesday, August 31, 2011
Tuesday, August 30, 2011
Monday, August 29, 2011
Sunday, August 28, 2011
Saturday, August 27, 2011
Tuesday, August 23, 2011
Five Red Roses from Oakland to San Francisco
This piece in the exhibition in SF was similar to one I did at Galerie West in Den Haag. In Holland I created a bouquet of white roses by traveling around the country by rail for the duration of a day. I took random trains and rode them to their final stops, and then jumped on a different train going in a different direction. Throughout the day I never left the train or station. Each time I switched trains, I would find the flower vendor in the station (most stations have flower vendors) and purchase one white rose. By the end of the day I had an entire bouquet, with each flower from a different station in a different part of the country. Possibly, the roses were from the same farm, and this act was re-collecting something that, once was concentrated together, and is now distributed over a large space. Bringing things back together that are far away from each other.
In San Francisco I was staying at a friend's house in Oakland. The day before the opening, I went from her house to the gallery, collecting red roses along the way.
Monday, August 22, 2011
On web site right now
Preview for new project that is being announced soon: www.davidhorvitz.com/studentdebt
Sunday, August 21, 2011
Saturday, August 20, 2011
The Met right now
Trevor Paglen, KEYHOLE IMPROVED CRYSTAL from Glacier Point (Optical Reconnaissance Satellite; USA 186), 2008
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