Tag: 1955

Robert Frank at Danziger Gallery

Robert Frank’s iconic photo series ‘The Americans’ presented a complicated and unheroic picture of the country in 1955. At Danziger Gallery on the Lower East Side, 81 contact sheets (from among thousands) allow viewers to see the shots before and after those selected for publication. Here, a baby in ‘Café-Beaufort, South Carolina’ is not as alone as she appears. (On view through April 8th).

Robert Frank, Contact Sheet #21, 20 x 16 inch lithographic print, From “The Americans. 81 Contact Sheets.”

R. Luke DuBois at Bitforms Gallery

Using voter machines from the 40s, 50s and 60s, Luke DuBois presents gallery-goers with some more esoteric choices than the U.S. public faces in today’s election (us vs them, water vs fire, nature vs machine). Once visitors have locked in their votes, a unique video response interprets the data. (At Bitforms Gallery through Dec 23rd).

R. Luke DuBois, Learning Machine #2: Image, AVM voting machine (instruction model, blue, ca. 1955), voting booth, computer, camera, lights, screen, 11.75 x 13.5 x 13 inches, 2016.
R. Luke DuBois, Learning Machine #2: Image, AVM voting machine (instruction model, blue, ca. 1955), voting booth, computer, camera, lights, screen, 11.75 x 13.5 x 13 inches, 2016.