Pier 24 Photography Press Kit 2018/2019 THIS LAND

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1 THIS LAND

2 Exhibition Dates June 1, 2018 March 31, 2019 Location Pier 24 Photography Pier 24, The Embarcadero San Francisco, CA Hours Monday Friday 10 am 5:15 pm Contact Press Inquiries Allie Haeusslein THIS LAND This Land focuses on work made throughout the United States within the past decade. The photographers assembled here examine aspects of the country s current social climate, from the mundane to the politicized. The exhibition s title is drawn from Woody Guthrie s song This Land Is Your Land (1940). Viewed by many as an alternative national anthem, it alludes to the uneasy tensions fundamental to our vision of this nation filled with promise and peril, possibilities and letdowns. At the bottom of the sheet of paper on which Guthrie handwrote the song s lyrics, he noted, all you can write is what you see. The artists included in this exhibition use cameras rather than pens, creating photographs that speak to what they see in the United States today. The projects on view created by emerging as well as established photographers are in-depth studies; some were made over several years and others remain ongoing. While no exhibition can claim to definitively address all aspects of the American experience, This Land offers diverse vignettes of life in the United States. Coinciding with a moment of widespread engagement in political and social issues, the exhibition encourages viewers to look closely and consider how these photographs may complement, contradict, or challenge their understandings of the current social landscape and life in this country. In a world where information sharing is abundant and instantaneous, passive consumption can easily become the norm. The works presented in This Land provide viewers with the opportunity to look, engage, and reflect about the people, places, and conditions shaping the discourse about this nation. Like Guthrie, these artists can impact us, awakening feelings that can transform the present and affect the future.

3 The eighteen featured artists are represented in galleries devoted to significant series or projects made in the U.S. within the past decade. In the exhibition overview below, the artist and the series or project on view are listed with a thumbnail image and its corresponding artwork title and creation date. Dawoud Bey (American, b. 1953) Harlem Redux Dawoud Bey, Harlem Redux: Lenox Lounge, 2015 Guillermo Galindo (Mexican, b. 1960) Border Cantos Guillermo Galindo, Listo (Ready to Go), 2015

4 Bruce Gilden (American, b. 1946) Citizen Bruce Gilden, Al, Republican National Convention, Cleveland, Ohio, USA, 2016 Foreclosures Bruce Gilden, Fort Myers, Florida, USA, 2008

5 Jim Goldberg (American, b. 1953) Darrell and Patricia Jim Goldberg, Darrell and Patricia, 2015 Fifty-Six Polaroids Jim Goldberg, Jack, 2014 Katy Grannan (American, b. 1969) The Ninety Nine and the Nine Katy Grannan, Inessa waits near South 9th Street, Modesto, CA, 2012

6 An-My Lê (Vietnamese American, b. 1960) The Silent General An-My Lê, The Silent General: Monument, General P.G.T. Beauregard, New Orleans, Louisiana, 2016 Richard Misrach (American, b. 1949) Border Cantos Richard Misrach, Wall, Jacumba, California / El muro, Jacumba, California, 2009 James Nares (British, b. 1953) Street James Nares, film still from Street, 2011

7 Paolo Pellegrin (Italian, b. 1964) Heat of the Night Paolo Pellegrin, A man detained at night. Rochester, NY. USA, 2013 Daniel Postaer (American, b. 1978) Boomtown Daniel Postaer, San Francisco, California Street, 2015 Alessandra Sanguinetti (American, b. 1968) Black River Falls Alessandra Sanguinetti, 7th grade PE. Black River Falls, WI, 2014

8 Bryan Schutmaat (American, b. 1983) Grays the Mountain Sends Bryan Schutmaat, Wes, 2011 Alec Soth (American, b. 1969) Songbook Alec Soth, Walmart. Williston, North Dakota, 2012

9 Deanna Templeton (American, b. 1969) Contemporary Suburbium Deanna Templeton, Huntington Beach (TP d House), 2014 Ed Templeton (American, b. 1972) Contemporary Suburbium Ed Templeton, Man Waters Lawn, Huntington Beach, 2013 Brian Ulrich (American, b. 1971) Dark Stores Brian Ulrich, Pep Boys, 2009

10 Corine Vermeulen (Dutch, b. 1977) Your Town Tomorrow Corine Vermeulen, James, 2009 Donovan Wylie (British, b. 1971) A Good and Spacious Land Donovan Wylie, New Haven, Connecticut, 2015

11 Exhibition Dates June 1, 2018 March 31, 2019 Location Pier 24 Photography Pier 24, The Embarcadero San Francisco, CA Hours Monday Friday 10 am 5:15 pm Contact Press Inquiries Allie Haeusslein Alec Soth, Fun Valley. South Fork, Colorado, 2013 Front cover: An-My Lê, detail from The Silent General: Fragment II, Fourth of July, Party Boat, Bayou St. John, New Orleans, Louisiana, 2017 Pier 24 Photography Located on San Francisco s Embarcadero, Pier 24 Photography provides a quiet, contemplative environment for viewing photographic works. Pier 24 houses the permanent collection of the Pilara Foundation, which is dedicated to collecting, preserving and exhibiting photography. We seek to engage the community through exhibitions, publications, and public programs, and we welcome members of the public, academic institutions, and museum groups for selfguided tours that last up to two hours. Pier 24 Photography is free and open to the public Monday through Friday by appointment. The Pilara Foundation collection includes over 5,000 photographs by 300 artists. The core of the collection focuses on twentieth-century American photographers. Beyond this central concentration, works are international in scope and span from the nineteenth century to the present.