Chief Yellowhorse Trading Post, New Mexico
Artist
Joan Myers
(American, born 1944)
Date2013 (printed 2017)
MediumPigment print
DimensionsImage: 14 1/2 × 22 in. (36.8 × 55.9 cm)
Support: 17 1/4 × 24 in. (43.8 × 61 cm)
Support: 17 1/4 × 24 in. (43.8 × 61 cm)
ClassificationsPhotograph
Credit LineGift of Joan Myers, 2017
Object number2017.5.11
DescriptionLandscape with roadside attraction including a painted sign shaped like a bison.eMuseum Notes
Acutely aware of the iconography and symbols
used to romanticize life in the West, Myers photographs the intersecting spaces
where contemporary Western life, often raw and complex, overlaps with myth. The
artist contrasts imagery of the natural world with the man-made, often using
highly saturated color to emphasize the commercialization and commodification
of the West. In other images, she shoots in black-and-white, channeling old
movies and a patina of nostalgia. The resulting images constitute a rich visual
tapestry that weaves together American mythology of the West with its many
histories and present-day practices.
On View
Not on viewTerms
- landscapes (representations)
- vernacular architecture
- roadsides
- signs by function
