2002.45, Gregory Crewdson, Untitled, 2001-2002, digital C print


GENERAL DESCRIPTION  
Gregory Crewdson's photographs are elaborately constructed tableaux that unearth the bizarre lurking in American suburbia. Crewdson probes into the fears, desires, and frustrations of the acutely ordinary subjects that inhabit his tidy neighborhoods, making familiar streets and homes feel eerily unsafe. The title of the series, Twilight (1998-2002), suggests an unraveling taking place as day turns to night and families retreat into private spaces. In this photograph, a boy has dismantled his shower drain and reaches deep into the floor, either reaching for something or obsessed with proving to himself that nothing is there. 

Adapted from
Anna Katherine Brodbeck, ed., TWO X TWO X TWENTY: Two Decades Supporting Contemporary Art at the Dallas Museum of Art (Dallas: Dallas Museum of Art), 2018, 40.

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PROVENANCE 
Until 2002: Luhring Augustine Gallery, New York, NY [1]

From 2002: The Rachofsky Collection and the Dallas Museum of Art through the TWO x TWO for AIDS and Art Fund, purchased from above

[1] See copy of check #10001 in Collections Records Object File 2002.45

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  • Nowness~Watch a short video of Crewdson discussing his work.

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General Description
 
Gregory Crewdson's photographs are elaborately constructed tableaux that unearth the bizarre lurking in American suburbia. Crewdson probes into the fears, desires, and frustrations of the acutely ordinary subjects that inhabit his tidy neighborhoods, making familiar streets and homes feel eerily unsafe. The title of the series, Twilight (1998-2002), suggests an unraveling taking place as day turns to night and families retreat into private spaces. In this photograph, a boy has dismantled his shower drain and reaches deep into the floor, either reaching for something or obsessed with proving to himself that nothing is there. 

Adapted from
Anna Katherine Brodbeck, ed., TWO X TWO X TWENTY: Two Decades Supporting Contemporary Art at the Dallas Museum of Art (Dallas: Dallas Museum of Art), 2018, 40.

Fun Facts

Archival Resources

Web Resources
 
  • Nowness~Watch a short video of Crewdson discussing his work.

Notes
updated provenance and geo x refs
added general description as a text entry

Catalogue essays

Artist/designers

Cultures

Geography 

Process/materials

Historical periods

Individuals

Subject terms

RELATED OBJECTS 

PROVENANCE 
Until 2002: Luhring Augustine Gallery, New York, NY [1]

From 2002: The Rachofsky Collection and the Dallas Museum of Art through the TWO x TWO for AIDS and Art Fund, purchased from above

[1] See copy of check #10001 in Collections Records Object File 2002.45

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