Alec Soth: 'Georgia Dispatch'
Through Sunday, May 1, 2016
During
Summer 2014, the SCAD Museum of Art sponsored "Georgia Dispatch," the
seventh and final project of Alec Soth's ongoing "Dispatch" series
(2011-2014) during a two-week, 2,400-mile excursion through rural and
urban Georgia. The "Dispatch" series began in 2011 when Soth and writer
Brad Zellar journeyed across Ohio masquerading as small-town newspaper
beat reporters, covering day-to-day happenings along their trek. The
exhibition features a selection of Soth's documentary photography from a
variety of stops on their journey. From Bradley Lock and Key Shop in
coastal Savannah, Georgia, to BabyLand General Hospital, the Cabbage
Patch Kids adoption center in Cleveland, Georgia, these photographs
create an engaging time-lapse portrait of Georgia's past and present.
This exhibition is curated by Alexandra Sachs, executive
director of SCAD FASH Museum of Fashion + Film and SCAD Atlanta
exhibitions, with support from Storm Janse van Rensburg, SCAD head
curator of exhibitions.
