On view at Gagosian is “An Eclipse of Moths,” an exhibition of new work by Gregory Crewdson.
Crewdson’s photographs of houses, landscapes, and people have become canonical representations of the liminal and forgotten in America. The exhibition comprises 16 large-scale panoramic exteriors set in a postindustrial urban landscape, that depict locales of removed isolation, including a taxi depot, a travelling carnival lot, an abandoned factory complex, defunct bars and diners, and a vacant storefronts. Crewdson’s photographs are laden with premonition, as they combine hope with the forgotten and restlessness with ennui. The images in the exhibition are open-ended narratives populated by characters and places that feel remote and unsettling, yet deeply familiar.
