DATE: January 25, 2010
William Christenberry, House and Car, near Akron, Alabama, 1981, © William Christenberry, Courtesy Pace/MacGill Gallery, New YorkThe artist's dedication to his subjects—decrepit survivors of the vernacular architecture that previously absorbed Walker Evans—is matched by his affection for them. One remarkable structure is seen collapsing over a period of twenty-seven years, along with the car in its front yard; a scale model of the same house, which Christenberry built from memory, sits on a pedestal nearby.
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William Christenberry at Pace MacGill
Works in several mediums, including color photography, painting, and drawing, continue Christenberry's ongoing documentation of buildings and landscapes in rural Alabama.
William Christenberry, House and Car, near Akron, Alabama, 1981, © William Christenberry, Courtesy Pace/MacGill Gallery, New YorkRead the complete review in The New Yorker.
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