Abandoned Motels

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This series portrays the tattered abandonment of two forgotten motels located in the California desert near the Salton Sea.

[view exhibition documentation below]

: Marina Motel, Sign, Salton Sea, California, archival ink jet print on Arches watercolour paper (22×30 inches), 1998

: Sundowner Motel, Silver chair with bullet holes, Salton Sea, California, archival ink jet print on Arches watercolour paper (22×30 inches),1998

: Sundowner Motel, Pink room with toilet, Salton Sea, California, archival ink jet print on Arches watercolour paper (22×30 inches),1998

: Sundowner Motel, Locomotive, Salton Sea, California, archival ink jet print on Arches watercolour paper (22×30 inches),1998

: Sundowner Motel, Long View, Salton Sea, California, archival ink jet print on Arches watercolour paper (22×30 inches), 1998

: Marina Motel, Pink foam sofa, Salton Sea, California, archival ink jet print on Arches watercolour paper (22×30 inches), 1998

: Marina Motel, Torn Curtain, Salton Sea, California, archival ink jet print on Arches watercolour paper (22×30 inches), 1998

: Marina Motel, Torn Ceiling, Salton Sea, California, archival ink jet print on Arches watercolour paper (30×22 inches), 1998

: Marina Motel, Spiral Curtain, Salton Sea, California, archival ink jet print on Arches watercolour paper (30×22 inches), 1998

: Marina Motel, Green Mattress, Salton Sea, California, archival ink jet print on Arches watercolour paper (30×22 inches), 1998

Exhibitions

: Abandoned Motels, installation view, Stephen Bulger Gallery, Toronto, 2001

: Abandoned Motels, installation view, Stephen Bulger Gallery, Toronto, 2001

: Abandoned Motels, installation view, Stephen Bulger Gallery, Toronto, 2001

Selected exhibitions: Stephen Bulger Gallery, Toronto, 2001 (solo exhibition with eight photos from the Abandoned Motel series and six photos from the Guggenheim Bilbao series); Galerie Eric Devlin, Montréal, 1999; Main d’oeuvre, Le Printemps du Québec à Paris, Usines éphémères, Paris, 1999. All images are archival ink jet prints on Arches watercolour paper.