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Stephen Wirtz Gallery

September 9 - October 17, 2010

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49 Geary Street 3rd Floor San Francisco, CA 94108
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One Block: A New Orleans Neighborhood Rebuilds
Opening reception for the artist: Thursday, September 9, 5:30-7:30 PM Stephen Wirtz Gallery is pleased to announce "One Block," an exhibition of new photographs by Dave Anderson. "One Block" is a powerful portrait of post-Katrina New Orleans as seen through the prism of a single city block whose residents are attempting to rebuild their homes. Using portraiture and still lifes, Anderson explores the very nature of community while testing its resilience. The exhibition is accompanied by a recently released publication of the same title published by Aperture. http://www.aperture.org/oneblock/ Anderson’s compassionate treatment of the neighborhood’s difficult circumstances has drawn comparisons to the work of Dorothea Lange and other Farm Security Administration-funded photographers. Seventy years later, between the devastation left by Hurricane Katrina and the current housing crisis, the stability and permanence of the American home is once again in jeopardy. "One Block" reflects Anderson’s affection for New Orleans and his fascination with the power of human resilience – both individually and collectively. August 29, 2010 marks the fifth anniversary of Hurricane Katrina, and this exhibition of "One Block" is among several artist talks, book signings, and exhibitions about the project taking place in San Francisco, New York, New Orleans, and Little Rock to commemorate the anniversary. A block party co-hosted by Aperture, The Oxford American and Preservation Resource Center of New Orleans on the block where Anderson made the photographs will feature local cuisine and artist performances and celebrate the resiliency of this block and community. A solo exhibition of One Block opens on Thursday, August 26 the Ogden Museum of Southern Art in New Orleans. Dave Anderson has been recognized as “one of the shooting stars of the American photo scene” by Germany’s fotoMAGAZIN and named a “Rising Star” by Photo District News. A multi-talented image-maker, Dave worked in the Clinton White House and at MTV before discovering photography. His acclaimed first project, “Rough Beauty” was the winner of the 2005 National Project Competition awarded by Center, Santa Fe and was published with an essay by Anne Wilkes Tucker. Vince Aletti of the New Yorker has called his work “as clear-eyed and unsentimental as it is soulful and sympathetic.” Anderson’s work has been featured in magazines from Esquire to Stern and can be found in the collections of prominent museums, including the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston; the Ogden Museum of Southern Art, New Orleans; the Musée de la Photographie, Charleroi, Belgium; and the Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C. As a filmmaker, Dave’s original video series, “SoLost,” shot for The Oxford American, was recently named a finalist at the 2010 National Magazine Awards.