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Kawasaki 2A and 2B
1989
60 x 40 in. (152.4 x 101.6 cm)
Lewis Baltz (Newport Beach, California, 1945 - , Paris, France)
Contemporary Art from the Permanent Collection, July 30, 2007 - September 9, 2007, San José Museum of Art.
Beyond Tradition: Permanent Collection Photographs, September 27, 2003 - August 22, 2004, Historic Wing, Paul L. Davies Gallery, Second Floor, San José Museum of Art.
Is the Medium the Message?: Contemporary Art from the Permanent Collection, March 2, 2002 - June 2, 2002, New Wing, Metro A, Skylight and South Galleries, Second Floor, San José Museum of Art.
The photographer Lewis Baltz is deeply interested in manmade environments, yet the human subject rarely appears in his works. Instead, Baltz focuses on the qualities of anonymity and silence in the created environment. Kawasaki 2A and 2B presents a depersonalized, ambiguous portrayal of a worker dominated relentlessly by technology. This diptych is part of the larger series “Sites of Technology,” which marks an important shift to large scale and color in Baltz’s photography.
Kawasaki 2A and 2B is an Artificial Intelligence clean room at a Kawasaki plant in Japan. To take these images in the dust-free interior, Baltz mimicked employee protocols and wore the requisite full clean suit. By choosing this subject, Baltz urges the viewer to consider the effects such conditions may have on human subjects and why so little attention is paid to the quality of the environments people have created for themselves.[MvDL 6/22/15]
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Kawasaki 2A and 2B
Photograph
198960 x 40 in. (152.4 x 101.6 cm)
Lewis Baltz (Newport Beach, California, 1945 - , Paris, France)
Object Type: Photograph
Medium and Support: Silver dye bleach print on paper
Credit Line: Gift of Anonymous
Accession Number: 1997.15.01-.02
Exhibition
Contemporary Art from the Permanent Collection, July 30, 2007 - September 9, 2007, San José Museum of Art.
Beyond Tradition: Permanent Collection Photographs, September 27, 2003 - August 22, 2004, Historic Wing, Paul L. Davies Gallery, Second Floor, San José Museum of Art.
Is the Medium the Message?: Contemporary Art from the Permanent Collection, March 2, 2002 - June 2, 2002, New Wing, Metro A, Skylight and South Galleries, Second Floor, San José Museum of Art.
SJMA Label Text
The photographer Lewis Baltz is deeply interested in manmade environments, yet the human subject rarely appears in his works. Instead, Baltz focuses on the qualities of anonymity and silence in the created environment. Kawasaki 2A and 2B presents a depersonalized, ambiguous portrayal of a worker dominated relentlessly by technology. This diptych is part of the larger series “Sites of Technology,” which marks an important shift to large scale and color in Baltz’s photography.
Kawasaki 2A and 2B is an Artificial Intelligence clean room at a Kawasaki plant in Japan. To take these images in the dust-free interior, Baltz mimicked employee protocols and wore the requisite full clean suit. By choosing this subject, Baltz urges the viewer to consider the effects such conditions may have on human subjects and why so little attention is paid to the quality of the environments people have created for themselves.[MvDL 6/22/15]
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Exhibition List
This object was included in the following exhibitions: - Is the Medium the Message?: Contemporary Art from the Permanent Collection , 3/2/2002 - 6/2/2002
Dimensions
- Frame (each) Dimensions: 60 x 40 in. (152.4 x 101.6 cm)
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