New York – Justine Kurland: “Sincere Auto Care” at Mitchell-Innes and Nash Through October 11th, 2014
Wednesday, October 1st, 2014
Justine Kurland, Sincere Auto Care (2014) via Emily Heinz for Art Observed
The complex landscape of Americana, in all of its grungy glory, has been documented many times, each time with a unique perspective and very often with a driving ethical or social message somewhere just below the surface. But in Sincere Auto Care, photographer Justine Kurland seeks to neutralize the otherwise political or cultural connotations of these semiotics. Instead, she presents the subjects as they are: beautiful but dry, deep but all surface, and, as the title suggests, truly sincere.