Lewis Baltz: Common Objects

Lewis Baltz: Common Objects

<I>Common Objects</I> revisits Lewis Baltz's most remarkable series from <I>The Prototype Works</I> (1967–1976) to <I>Ronde de Nuit</I> (1992–1995), and interrogates for the first time the influence of European cinema (Antonioni, Godard, Hitchcock) on his work. Baltz's seminal series <I>The Prototype Works, The Tract Houses</I> (1969–1971), <I>Candlestick Point</I> (1987–1989), <I>Sites of Technology</I> (1989–1991) and <I>Ronde de Nuit</I> are presented in dialogue with stills from several films: Alfred Hitchcock's <I>Saboteur</I> and <I>Psycho</I>, Michelangelo Antonioni's <I>Zabriskie Point, La Notte</I> and <I>Red Desert</I> and Jean-Luc Godard's <I>Les Carabiniers</I>.