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 a painting of a woman with green skin on a wooden wall](https://fraenkelgallery.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/RM-DC-166-1-1210x900.jpg)
Richard Misrach, Crying 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], edition of 7
![Color image of graffiti on brick wall with cloudy sky and mountains in partial view](https://fraenkelgallery.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/RM-DC-156-1200x900.jpg)
Richard Misrach, “The future is a luxurious contemplation for those who’ve figured out how to get through the day,” Tonopath Junction, Nevada, 2017
pigment print, 20-1/8 x 25-3/4 inches (framed) [51.1 x 65.4 cm], edition of 7
![Color photograph of black spray-painted writing reading FUCK NAZIS on a tile floor covered in debris](https://fraenkelgallery.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/RM-DC-137-1200x900.jpg)
Richard Misrach, “Fuck Nazis,” Two Guns, Arizona, 2017
pigment print, 22-1/8 x 28-3/8 inches (framed) [56.2 x 71.9 cm], edition of 7
![Color photograph of a black spray-painted face and writing on the side of a low wooden clapboard house](https://fraenkelgallery.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/RM-DC-174-1201x900.jpg)
Richard Misrach, “I love you,” Goldfield, Nevada, 2017
pigment print, 22-1/8 x 28-3/8 inches (framed) [56.2 x 71.9 cm], edition of 7
![Color photograph of a black spray-painted circle at the end of a white hallway of an abandoned building](https://fraenkelgallery.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/RM-DC-164-2-1202x900.jpg)
Richard Misrach, Black blob, Victorville, California, 2017
pigment print, 22-1/8 x 28-3/8 inches (framed) [56.2 x 71.9 cm], edition of 7
![Color photograph of a simple black spray-painted face and shoulders on a white wall](https://fraenkelgallery.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/RM-DC-169-675x900.jpg)
Richard Misrach, Sad figure, Coaldale Junction, Nevada, 2017
pigment print, 25-3/4 x 20-1/8 inches (framed) [65.4 x 51.1 cm], edition of 7
![Color photograph of spray-painted black writing on two large rocks](https://fraenkelgallery.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/RM-DC-173-677x900.jpg)
Richard Misrach, “If your [sic] reading this fuck you,” Lucerne Valley, California, 2017
pigment print, 28-3/8 x 22-1/8 inches (sheet) [71.9 x 56.2 cm], edition of 7
![Color photograph of a black spray-painted square divided into fourths on an upright yellowish rock](https://fraenkelgallery.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/RM-DC-165-1202x900.jpg)
Richard Misrach, Boxed-in swastika, Lucerne Valley, 2017
pigment print, 22-1/8 x 28-3/8 inches (framed) [56.2 x 71.9 cm], edition of 7
![Color photograph of black spray-painted writing on a peeling and partly-demolished white and wooden wall](https://fraenkelgallery.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/RM-DC-133-1200x900.jpg)
Richard Misrach, “Can you hear the children screaming,” Ludlow, California, 2017
pigment print, 22-1/8 x 28-3/8 inches (framed) [56.2 x 71.9 cm], edition of 7
![Color photograph of the spray-painted interior of an abandoned brick building with a hole in the floor leading to the lower level](https://fraenkelgallery.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/RM-DC-175-1199x900.jpg)
Richard Misrach, “Lost,” Deming, New Mexico, 2017
pigment print, 22-1/8 x 28-3/8 inches (framed) [56.2 x 71.9 cm], edition of 7
![Color photograph of fluorescent red spray-painted writing on an interior cinderblock wall of an abandoned building](https://fraenkelgallery.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/RM-DC-159-1200x900.jpg)
Richard Misrach, “Everything must end,” Salton Sea Beach, California, 2017
pigment print, 22-1/8 x 28-3/8 inches (framed) [56.2 x 71.9 cm], edition of 7
![Color photograph of a painting of a woman with green skin on a wooden wall](https://i0.wp.com/fraenkelgallery.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/RM-DC-166-1.jpg?fit=675%2C502&quality=90&strip=all&ssl=1)
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], edition of 7
![Color image of graffiti on brick wall with cloudy sky and mountains in partial view](https://i0.wp.com/fraenkelgallery.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/RM-DC-156.jpg?fit=675%2C506&quality=90&strip=all&ssl=1)
Richard Misrach“The future is a luxurious contemplation for those who’ve figured out how to get through the day,” Tonopath Junction, Nevada
2017
pigment print, 20-1/8 x 25-3/4 inches (framed) [51.1 x 65.4 cm], edition of 7
![Color photograph of black spray-painted writing reading FUCK NAZIS on a tile floor covered in debris](https://i0.wp.com/fraenkelgallery.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/RM-DC-137.jpg?fit=675%2C506&quality=90&strip=all&ssl=1)
Richard Misrach“Fuck Nazis,” Two Guns, Arizona
2017
pigment print, 22-1/8 x 28-3/8 inches (framed) [56.2 x 71.9 cm], edition of 7
![Color photograph of a black spray-painted face and writing on the side of a low wooden clapboard house](https://i0.wp.com/fraenkelgallery.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/RM-DC-174.jpg?fit=675%2C506&quality=90&strip=all&ssl=1)
Richard Misrach“I love you,” Goldfield, Nevada
2017
pigment print, 22-1/8 x 28-3/8 inches (framed) [56.2 x 71.9 cm], edition of 7
![Color photograph of a black spray-painted circle at the end of a white hallway of an abandoned building](https://i0.wp.com/fraenkelgallery.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/RM-DC-164-2.jpg?fit=675%2C505&quality=90&strip=all&ssl=1)
Richard MisrachBlack blob, Victorville, California
2017
pigment print, 22-1/8 x 28-3/8 inches (framed) [56.2 x 71.9 cm], edition of 7
![Color photograph of a simple black spray-painted face and shoulders on a white wall](https://i0.wp.com/fraenkelgallery.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/RM-DC-169.jpg?fit=675%2C899&quality=90&strip=all&ssl=1)
Richard MisrachSad figure, Coaldale Junction, Nevada
2017
pigment print, 25-3/4 x 20-1/8 inches (framed) [65.4 x 51.1 cm], edition of 7
![Color photograph of spray-painted black writing on two large rocks](https://i0.wp.com/fraenkelgallery.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/RM-DC-173.jpg?fit=675%2C897&quality=90&strip=all&ssl=1)
Richard Misrach“If your [sic] reading this fuck you,” Lucerne Valley, California
2017
pigment print, 28-3/8 x 22-1/8 inches (sheet) [71.9 x 56.2 cm], edition of 7
![Color photograph of a black spray-painted square divided into fourths on an upright yellowish rock](https://i0.wp.com/fraenkelgallery.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/RM-DC-165.jpg?fit=675%2C506&quality=90&strip=all&ssl=1)
Richard MisrachBoxed-in swastika, Lucerne Valley
2017
pigment print, 22-1/8 x 28-3/8 inches (framed) [56.2 x 71.9 cm], edition of 7
![Color photograph of black spray-painted writing on a peeling and partly-demolished white and wooden wall](https://i0.wp.com/fraenkelgallery.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/RM-DC-133.jpg?fit=675%2C506&quality=90&strip=all&ssl=1)
Richard Misrach“Can you hear the children screaming,” Ludlow, California
2017
pigment print, 22-1/8 x 28-3/8 inches (framed) [56.2 x 71.9 cm], edition of 7
![Color photograph of the spray-painted interior of an abandoned brick building with a hole in the floor leading to the lower level](https://i0.wp.com/fraenkelgallery.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/RM-DC-175.jpg?fit=675%2C507&quality=90&strip=all&ssl=1)
Richard Misrach“Lost,” Deming, New Mexico
2017
pigment print, 22-1/8 x 28-3/8 inches (framed) [56.2 x 71.9 cm], edition of 7
![Color photograph of fluorescent red spray-painted writing on an interior cinderblock wall of an abandoned building](https://i0.wp.com/fraenkelgallery.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/RM-DC-159.jpg?fit=675%2C506&quality=90&strip=all&ssl=1)
Richard Misrach“Everything must end,” Salton Sea Beach, California
2017
pigment print, 22-1/8 x 28-3/8 inches (framed) [56.2 x 71.9 cm], edition of 7