Richard Misrach: Border Cantos

This latest installation in Misrach’s ongoing Desert Cantos series explores the entire length of the US/Mexico border, in photographs made with a large-format camera as well as images captured with an iPhone.

Color photograph of a tall metal and concrete fence receding into the misty horizon on the right

Color photograph of a segment of tall metal fence in the middle of a bare field

Color photograph of a metal fence running over a landscape of rocky hills and low green bushes into the horizon

Color photograph of a tall metal fence segment ending in a bare dirt patch among low-lying trees and plants

Color photograph of a metal fence made of X-shaped crossbars running through a hilly desert landscape

Color photograph of a tattered blue flag standing next to a blue barrel marked AGUA in a desert landscape

Color photograph of a tall metal fence running into the ocean from the beach, with beach goers visible through the bars

Color photograph of scattered red ammunition casings lying on a bare cracked ground

Color photograph of a woman looking through and obscured by a metal lattice and fence posts

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Richard Misrach: Border Cantos

Richard MisrachPost and Wire Mesh Fence, Douglas, Arizona

2015

pigment print, 61 x 80-3/4 inches (framed) [154.9 x 205.1 cm]

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Richard MisrachWall, Near Los Indios, Texas

2015

pigment print, 61 x 80-3/4 inches (framed) [154.9 x 205.1 cm]

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Richard MisrachWall, Tierra Del Sol, California

2015

pigment print, 61 x 80-3/4 inches (framed) [154.9 x 205.1 cm]

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Richard MisrachWall, Brownsville, Texas

2015

pigment print, 61 x 80-3/4 inches (framed) [154.9 x 205.1 cm]

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Richard MisrachNormandy Wall Near Ocotillo, California

2015

pigment print, 61 x 80-3/4 inches (framed) [154.9 x 205.1 cm]

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Richard MisrachAgua#1, near Calexico, California

2014

pigment print, 61 x 80-3/4 inches (framed) [154.9 x 205.1 cm]

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Richard MisrachPlayas de Tijuana #1 (Crowded Beach), San Diego, California

2013

pigment print, 45 x 161-1/2 inches (framed) [114.3 x 410.2 cm]

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Richard MisrachShell Casings #36, near Gulf of Mexico, Texas

2014

pigment print, 17-1/2 x 22-1/2 inches (framed) [44.5 x 57.2 cm]

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Richard MisrachVeronical, Friendship Circle, San Diego, California

2013

pigment print, 80-3/4 x 61 inches (framed) [213.5 x 163 cm]

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Color photograph of a lone figure standing in an empty expanse of blue water

Richard Misrach: On The Beach 2.0

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Richard Misrach: On The Beach 2.0

An ongoing series exploring the abstracted pattern of an edgeless ocean surface, and the gestures and expressions of bathers adrift in the water.

Color photograph of a single figure standing in a shallow blue ocean — Richard Misrach, Untitled (February 14, 2012 6:18PM), 2012

pigment print, 62-3/4 x 82-3/4 inches (framed) [159.4 x 210.2 cm]

Color photograph of two women floating on the surface of a calm green sea near a sandy shore — Richard Misrach, Untitled (November 10, 2012 3:08PM), 2012

pigment print, 62-3/4 x 82-3/4 inches (framed) [159.4 x 210.2 cm]

Color photograph of small waves and ripples on the surface of green water — Richard Misrach, Untitled (November 18, 2013, 4:00PM), 2013

pigment print, 60-3/4 x 122 inches (framed) [154.3 x 310.0cm]

Color photograph of two men standing in knee-deep water near the shore of a calm sea — Richard Misrach, Untitled (November 10, 2012 5:53PM), 2012

pigment print, 62-3/4 x 82-3/4 inches (framed) [159.4 x 210.2 cm]

Color photograph of ripples and waves on the dark green surface of a sea — Richard Misrach, Untitled (Blackwater 7), 2013

pigment print, 62-3/4 x 82-3/4 inches (framed) [159.4 x 210.2 cm]

Color photograph of two women floating while holding hands on a calm, green ocean surface — Richard Misrach, Untitled (July 26, 2013, 5:21PM), 2013

pigment print, 62-3/4 x 82-3/4 inches (framed) [159.4 x 210.2 cm]

Color photograph of a lone windsurfer on a choppy silver sea — Richard Misrach, Windsurfer, Hawaii, 2008

pigment print, 62-3/4 x 82-3/4 inches (framed) [159.4 x 210.2 cm]

Color long-exposure blurred photograph of a sandy beach with rocks, two people, and moving waves — Richard Misrach, Untitled (January 17, 2015 6:36PM)

pigment print, 62-3/4 x 82-3/4 inches (framed) [159.4 x 210.2 cm]

Richard MisrachUntitled (February 14, 2012 6:18PM)

2012

pigment print, 62-3/4 x 82-3/4 inches (framed) [159.4 x 210.2 cm]

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Richard MisrachUntitled (November 10, 2012 3:08PM)

2012

pigment print, 62-3/4 x 82-3/4 inches (framed) [159.4 x 210.2 cm]

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Richard MisrachUntitled (November 18, 2013, 4:00PM)

2013

pigment print, 60-3/4 x 122 inches (framed) [154.3 x 310.0cm]

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Richard MisrachUntitled (November 10, 2012 5:53PM)

2012

pigment print, 62-3/4 x 82-3/4 inches (framed) [159.4 x 210.2 cm]

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Richard MisrachUntitled (Blackwater 7)

2013

pigment print, 62-3/4 x 82-3/4 inches (framed) [159.4 x 210.2 cm]

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Richard MisrachUntitled (July 26, 2013, 5:21PM)

2013

pigment print, 62-3/4 x 82-3/4 inches (framed) [159.4 x 210.2 cm]

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Richard MisrachWindsurfer, Hawaii

2008

pigment print, 62-3/4 x 82-3/4 inches (framed) [159.4 x 210.2 cm]

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Richard MisrachUntitled (January 17, 2015 6:36PM)

pigment print, 62-3/4 x 82-3/4 inches (framed) [159.4 x 210.2 cm]

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Color aerial photograph of scattered swimmers in a shallow blue-green sea near the shore

Richard Misrach: On the Beach

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Richard Misrach: On the Beach

Photographed from a distant, raised vantage point, Misrach’s images pose the mote-sized human figure against a looming and abstract pattern of sand and ocean waves, exploring the tension between control and release.

Color photograph of a person floating on their back in shallow blue-green water near the shore — Richard Misrach, Untitled (#892-03), 2003

pigment print, 61 x 123 inches (framed) [154.9 x 312.4 cm]

Color photograph of the surface of a calm blue ocean — Richard Misrach, Untitled (#454-03), 2003

pigment print, 53-1/4 x 120 inches (framed) [135 x 305 cm]

Color aerial photograph of two people curled up on a sandy beach near the waterline — Richard Misrach, Untitled (#591-04), 2004

pigment print, 65-1/4 x 122-1/2 inches (framed) [165.7 x 285.8 cm]

Two color photographs of two people lying on towels on the beach near the waterline of a calm sea — Richard Misrach, Untitled (#172-04/170-04), 2004

two pigment prints, 48 x 115 inches (framed) [121.9 x 293.3 cm]

Color aerial photograph of beach-goers reclining on blankets on a sandy yellow beach — Richard Misrach, Untitled (#13-02), 2002

pigment print, 53-1/2 x 123-1/2 inches (framed) [136 x 313 cm]

Color photograph of the rippled surface of a dark blue sea — Richard Misrach, Untitled (#114-03), 2003

pigment print, 51-3/4 x 122-5/8 inches (framed) [131.5 x 311.6 cm]

Richard MisrachUntitled (#354-03)

2003

pigment print, 53 x 115-1/2 inches (framed) [135 x 294 cm]

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Richard MisrachUntitled (#892-03)

2003

pigment print, 61 x 123 inches (framed) [154.9 x 312.4 cm]

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Richard MisrachUntitled (#454-03)

2003

pigment print, 53-1/4 x 120 inches (framed) [135 x 305 cm]

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Richard MisrachUntitled (#591-04)

2004

pigment print, 65-1/4 x 122-1/2 inches (framed) [165.7 x 285.8 cm]

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Richard MisrachUntitled (#172-04/170-04)

2004

two pigment prints, 48 x 115 inches (framed) [121.9 x 293.3 cm]

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Richard MisrachUntitled (#13-02)

2002

pigment print, 53-1/2 x 123-1/2 inches (framed) [136 x 313 cm]

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Richard MisrachUntitled (#114-03)

2003

pigment print, 51-3/4 x 122-5/8 inches (framed) [131.5 x 311.6 cm]

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Color photograph of a painting of a woman with green skin on a wooden wall

Richard Misrach: The Writing on the Wall

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Richard Misrach: The Writing on the Wall

Photographing the graffiti found in desolate areas of Southern California, Arizona, and Nevada, the artist remarks, “In our age of relentless posting on social media, it is remarkable that people choose abandoned homes and remote rock formations as canvases for political expression. These are the hieroglyphics of our time.”

Color photograph of black spray-painted writing reading FUCK NAZIS on a tile floor covered in debris — Richard Misrach, “Fuck Nazis,” Two Guns, Arizona, 2017

17-3/4 x 23-1/4 inches (sheet) [45.1 x 59.1 cm]

Color photograph of black spray-painted writing on a peeling and partly-demolished white and wooden wall — Richard Misrach, “Can you hear the children screaming,” Ludlow, California, 2017

17-3/4 x 23-1/4 inches (sheet) [45.1 x 59.1 cm]

Color photograph of a black spray-painted face and writing on the side of a low wooden clapboard house — Richard Misrach, “I love you,” Goldfield, Nevada, 2017

17-3/4 x 23-1/4 inches (sheet) [45.1 x 59.1 cm]

Color photograph of a black spray-painted circle at the end of a white hallway of an abandoned building — Richard Misrach, Black blob, Victorville, California, 2017

17-3/4 x 23-1/4 inches (sheet) [45.1 x 59.1 cm]

Color photograph of a simple black spray-painted face and shoulders on a white wall — Richard Misrach, Sad figure, Coaldale Junction, Nevada, 2017

23-1/4 x 17-3/4 inches (sheet) [59.1 x 45.1 cm]

Color photograph of spray-painted black writing on two large rocks — Richard Misrach, “If your [sic] reading this fuck you,” Lucerne Valley, California, 2017

23-1/4 x 17-3/4 inches (sheet) [59.1 x 45.1 cm]

Color photograph of a black spray-painted square divided into fourths on an upright yellowish rock — Richard Misrach, Boxed-in swastika, Lucerne Valley, 2017

17-3/4 x 23-1/4 inches (sheet) [45.1 x 59.1 cm]

Color photograph of the spray-painted interior of an abandoned brick building with a hole in the floor leading to the lower level — Richard Misrach, “Lost,” Deming, New Mexico, 2017

17-3/4 x 23-1/4 inches (sheet) [45.1 x 59.1 cm]

Color photograph of fluorescent red spray-painted writing on an interior cinderblock wall of an abandoned building — Richard Misrach, “Everything must end,” Salton Sea Beach, California, 2017

17-3/4 x 23-1/4 inches (sheet) [45.1 x 59.1 cm]

Richard MisrachCrying Woman (for K.A.C.), Bombay Beach, California

2011

pigment print, 10-5/8 x 14-1/4 inches (sheet) [45.1 x 59.1 cm]

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Richard Misrach“Fuck Nazis,” Two Guns, Arizona

2017

17-3/4 x 23-1/4 inches (sheet) [45.1 x 59.1 cm]

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Richard Misrach“Can you hear the children screaming,” Ludlow, California

2017

17-3/4 x 23-1/4 inches (sheet) [45.1 x 59.1 cm]

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Richard Misrach“I love you,” Goldfield, Nevada

2017

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Richard MisrachBlack blob, Victorville, California

2017

17-3/4 x 23-1/4 inches (sheet) [45.1 x 59.1 cm]

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Richard MisrachSad figure, Coaldale Junction, Nevada

2017

23-1/4 x 17-3/4 inches (sheet) [59.1 x 45.1 cm]

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Richard Misrach“If your [sic] reading this fuck you,” Lucerne Valley, California

2017

23-1/4 x 17-3/4 inches (sheet) [59.1 x 45.1 cm]

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Richard MisrachBoxed-in swastika, Lucerne Valley

2017

17-3/4 x 23-1/4 inches (sheet) [45.1 x 59.1 cm]

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Richard Misrach“Lost,” Deming, New Mexico

2017

17-3/4 x 23-1/4 inches (sheet) [45.1 x 59.1 cm]

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Richard Misrach“Everything must end,” Salton Sea Beach, California

2017

17-3/4 x 23-1/4 inches (sheet) [45.1 x 59.1 cm]

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Color photograph of the distant Golden Gate Bridge at sunset under a cloudy sky

Richard Misrach: Golden Gate Bridge

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Richard Misrach: Golden Gate Bridge

Photographed over several years from an unchanging vantage point, the series offers a meditation on the light, color, and atmosphere which transcend a fixed and familiar view.