2024/07/11

Critic Describes Role of War Photography in Gretchen Bender’s 1980s Work

“Her tribute to photojournalists portrays death as an interruption to the continuity of life and a disruption to the mechanical routine of American society—to clock out work, return home, and sit on the sofa to watch that day’s evening show.”
– Critic Nahui Garcia, unpacking the significance of war photography in Gretchen Bender’s iconic video installation Dumping Core (1984). Reviewing Bender’s show at Sprüth Magers Los Angeles, Garcia hones in on the presence of the Salvadoran Civil War in the late artist’s work.
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