Diane Durant & Devyn Gaudet
I tried to follow Eleanor Antin. I only got halfway.
500X Gallery, Dallas [link]
Durant and Gaudet’s photographic installation pays homage to Eleanor Antin’s seminal 1970’s work entitled 100 Boots. Engaging in a performative journey, the artists documented their collaborative week long Texas/New Mexico road trip by photographing 50 black rubber boots in various settings. The anthropomorphized boots’ adventures include being questioned by the police near a border crossing, illegally crossing into Mexico, being stranded in a blizzard, and a visit to the Cadillac Ranch amongst other exploits. Employing humor and irony, the work examines the timely subject of immigration as well as questions the notion of photograph as evidence or travel archive.
Colette Copeland
images courtesy of Esther Huynh and the artists
Esther Huynh
