Getty Museum
Memphis
Creator
William EgglestonAmerican Photographer · 1939–present
All works by this person →William Eggleston assumes a neutral gaze and creates his art from commonplace subjects: a farmer's muddy Ford truck, a red ceiling in a friend's house, the contents of his own refrigerator. In his work, Eggleston photographs "democratically"--literally photographing the world around him. His large-format prints monumentalize everyday subjects, everything is equally important; every detail deserves
More on Getty ULAN- Date
- about 1970
- Medium
- Gelatin silver print
- Culture
- American
- Department
- Photographs
- Institution
- Getty Museum
>Something terrible has happened to this wall. It's not like it got hit by a car--you are looking up at it. How did this disastrous collision happen, and how did it get left like that? Those accidents of brutality and a kind of blunt ugliness are a thematic constant. > > --Caldecott Chubb, William Eggleston's patron There are actually two walls here, one made of red brick that has been partially knocked away to reveal the cinder-block wall behind it. Light plays across the jagged surfaces, illuminating various textures and adding a sense of drama to a subject that most passersby might overlook. To Eggleston, the mundane subjects to be found in and around Memphis are as meaningful as any high-art subject.
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