James Casebere Born 1953 Casebere's abandoned spaces are hauntingly evocative and oftentimes...

James CasebereBorn 1953

Casebere's abandoned spaces are hauntingly evocative and oftentimes suggestive of prior events, encouraging the viewer to reconstitute a narrative or symbolic reading of his work.

While earlier bodies of work focused on American mythologies such as the genre of the western and suburban home, in the early 1990s, Casebere turned his attention to institutional buildings. In more recent years, his subject matter focused on various institutional spaces and the relationship between social control, social structure and the mythologies that surround particular institutions, as well as the broader implications of dominant systems such as commerce, labor, religion and law.

Life Story #1, Part 1, 1978, gelatin silver, 20 x 24 inches

Life Story #1, Part 4, 1978, gelatin silver, 24 x 20 inches

Life Story #1, Part 10, 1978, gelatin silver, 24 x 20 inches

Garage, 1981, gelatin silver, 10 x 13 inches

Tripoli, 2007, digital chromogenic print, 48 x 60 inches & 72 x 90 inches.

Landscape with Houses, (Dutchess County, NY) #1, 2009, digital chromogenic print, size variable

Landscape with Houses, (Dutchess County, NY) #2, 2009, digital chromogenic print, size variable

Landscape with Houses, (Dutchess County, NY) #3, 2009, digital chromogenic print, size variable