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Tuesday, November 22, 2005

Door Is Ajar

Gregory Crewdson is all over the place these days.

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An exhibition of his latest series, "Beneath the Roses", at White Cube earlier in the year.

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Part of the "The New City: Sub/Urbia in Recent Photography" exhibition currently at the Whitney.

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Part of "the real ideal: Utopian Ideals and Dystopian Realities" exhibition at Sheffield Galleries and Museum Trust.

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And articles all over the place.

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His surreal, David Lynch-esque photographs are cinematic undertakings, usually requiring multiple bodies for extensive and elaborate staging (especially with lighting) and just as much time and effort with computers during "post-production". For me, the payoff is worth it. Not all of his series appeal to my senses, but this latest series hits me just right.

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