IN FINITE SPACES: PHOTOGRAPHS BY DOUG HALL We are pleased to be working with the Newcomb Art Gallery at Tulane University in New Orleans on an exhibition of California artist Doug Hall's large format, color photographs. Fourteen images of scenes that capture and define the cultural and sociological character of countries from around the world serve to articulate Hall's commentary on the effects of globalization and the emergence of a mass culture as defined by insatiable consumption and the expediency of technology. China, Japan, Italy, Brazil, and, of course, the United States, provides a comprehensive backdrop for Hall's most recent work. Hall made his first indelible mark on the contemporary art scene through his video work of the 1970s and '80s. By the mid-'90s still photography fulfilled the demands of his imaginative and keen eye. The work in this exhibition draws from the landscape as well as interiors, many of which have an almost staged quality. The underlying, and therefore revealing, irony is that they are not. Hall manages to tell us more about the social and cultural changes that are taking place in our contemporary world than we are perhaps entirely prepared to entertain. This insightful and elegant exhibition promises to captivate both the well initiated art audience was well as a general public with its large-scale images of the emerging global condition of the 21st century. CURRENT VENUE Sesnon Art Gallery, University of California at Santa Cruz Opening: September 9, 2004 back to top