"John Gutmann: Culture Shock"
2000-08-06 until 2000-11-05
Museum of Contemporary Art, LA
Los Angeles, CA, USA

Focusing on a group of 100 photographs selected by the artist to exemplify more than a half century of work, John Gutmann: Culture Shock examines the achievement of this unique and influential artist. The exhibition surveys Gutmann's documentary work in Asia, Europe, and the United States during the 1930s and 40s that include classic images such as Death Stalks Fillmore (1934).

Also featured are photographs illustrating Gutmann's personal adaptation of Surrealism as he turned from recording the odd and the marvelous and began to experiment with inventing and constructing images. The exhibition is organized by the Iris & B. Gerald Cantor Center for Visual Arts at Stanford University and will be accompanied by a fully illustrated catalogue that features an introduction by Sandra S. Phillips, curator of photography at the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art. The exhibition is coordinated by MOCA Associate Curator Connie Butler.

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