Gregory Crewdson
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Artist Gregory Crewdson(American, born 1962)American, born 1962

CultureAmerican

Titles

Untitled
from the series Natural Wonder

Date1992

MediumChromogenic print

DimensionsImage: 18 1/2 × 22 7/8 in. (47 × 58.1 cm)
Sheet: 20 × 24 in. (50.8 × 61 cm)

Credit LineGift of Joan Morgenstern in honor of Anne Wilkes Tucker on the occasion of her retirement

Object number2015.215

Non exposé

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Photography

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PHOTOGRAPHS

DescriptionGregory
Crewdson created this mysterious, whimsical, and somewhat ominous scene
entirely in his studio, using props, models, and backdrops to form a fanciful
suburban neighborhood where animals and insects displaced by new development
quietly lurk in the distance. Equal parts enchanting and unsettling, Crewdson’s
intricately constructed photograph is reminiscent of the dioramas found in
natural history museums, but with an added air of cinematic wonder. Inspired by
films like Steven Spielberg’s E.T.
and David Lynch’s Blue Velvet, where
the otherworldly or dangerous encroach upon tranquil, idyllic suburbs, Crewdson
crafts elaborate, imaginative sets for extraordinary stories that have yet to
unfold.
ProvenanceJoan Morgenstern, Houston; given to MFAH, 2015.
Exhibition History"Always Greener: Seeing and Seeking Suburbia—Selections from the Museum’s Collection," The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, August 21, 2018–February 3, 2019.

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