Walker, Minnesota from the series The Last Days of W
by Alec Soth

Happy Inaugural Tuesday, dear collectors. If you didn't score VIP tickets to any DC balls this evening perhaps you should consider heading uptown to Gagosian for Alec Soth's opening, The Last Days of W., for a convergence of art and politics.

From the press release:

Although originally conceived without explicit political intent, in retrospect Soth considers this selected body of work, which spans both terms of George W. Bush's presidency, to represent "a panoramic look at a country exhausted by its catastrophic leadership." Soth's earlier series such as "Sleeping by the Mississippi," "NIAGARA," and "Dog Days, Bogotá" – all subjective narratives containing disenfranchised figures and decaying landscapes -- laid the conceptual groundwork for "The Last Days of W." It provides a wry commentary on the adverse effects of the national administration, perhaps best exemplified by an unwittingly ironic remark that Bush made in 2000: "I think we can agree, the past is over."

Opening reception: Tuesday, January 20th (Inauguration Day). from 6 to 8 pm
THE LAST DAYS OF W. JANUARY 20 - MARCH 7, 2009
Gagosian Gallery
980 Madison Avenue
New York, NY 10075