Lynn Davis

Catalogue, Nov. 11, 2000 - Jan. 13, 2001

Created at the dawn of the twenty-first century, Lynn Davis's recent images compose a history of the future as envisioned by the age of modernism. The subjects of the photographs comprise wonders of twentieth century technology and engineering - ranging from the historical Hoover Dam in Nevada to the science-fiction-like Very Large Array in New Mexico -along with masterful examples of modern architecture and urbanism such as the Jonas Salk Institute designed by Louis Kahn, and the Penzoil Plaza conceived by Philip Johnson. A specific aspect of the project is the exploration of the intricate ties between science and myth as exemplified in pictures of the Epcot Center in Disneyland and of the Géode in Paris's Parc de la Villette. With a preface by the poet John Ashbery.