Stan Douglas
Hogan's Alley

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Artist Stan DouglasCanadian, born 1960

CultureCanadian

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Hogan's Alley

Date2014

MediumChromogenic print

DimensionsImage: 59 × 119 in. (149.9 × 302.3 cm)
Frame: 62 × 122 1/8 × 2 1/2 in. (157.5 × 310.2 × 6.4 cm)

Credit LineMuseum purchase, funded by "One Great Night in November, 2016"

Object number2016.218

Not on view

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Department

Photography

Object Type

PHOTOGRAPHS

Description
Stan
Douglas’s film noir–inspired photograph depicts the neighborhood colloquially
known as “Hogan’s Alley” in his native Vancouver as it existed in 1948—a rowdy,
ramshackle district notorious for its brothels, gambling dens, drinking
establishments, and ethnic minorities. In fact, this nighttime aerial view is a
historical reimagining of a place that no longer exists outside the artist’s
computer. Based on deep research using historical photographs, archival film
footage, and written documents, Douglas constructed his scene down to the
minutest detail using 3D rendering software, then orchestrated the lighting and
selected his elevated vantage point for maximum effect.
ProvenanceThe artist; [David Zwirner, Inc., New York]; purchased by MFAH, 2016.
Exhibition History"Digital Worlds: New Media from the Museum’s Collection," Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, June 23–October 8, 2018.
Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks

black ink lower right "2014"

Signed in ink on verso mount, lower right: Stan Douglas 2014

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