Hogan's Alley

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Artist Stan Douglas(Canadian, born 1960)Canadian, 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.
Published References Exhibitions and Publications (all editions): Vancouver, Presentation House Gallery, Stan Douglas: Synthetic Pictures, March 21 - May 25, 2014. Edinburgh, The Fruitmarket Gallery, Stan Douglas, November 7, 2014 - February 15, 2015; exhibition catalogue (texts by Simon Baker, Mieke Bal, and Fiona Bradley), pp. 10-11, 22-23 (detail) 66-67 (detail), and cover, illustrated, and p. 157. Nîmes, France, Carré d’Art - Musée d’Art Contemporain, Stan Douglas: Photographs 2008-2013, October 12, 2013 - January 26, 2014; traveled to Munich, Haus der Kunst, Stan Douglas: Mise en scène, June 20 – October 12, 2014; Copenhagen, Nikolaj Kunsthal, March 20 - May 10, 2015; Dublin, Irish Museum of Modern Art, June 5 - September 20, 2015 (work exhibited in Munich only); exhibition catalogue (published by Prestel Verlag, Munich; edited by León Krempel), pp. 198-199, 200-201 (detail), illustrated, and p. 207. Brussels, Wiels Centre d’Art Contemporain, Stan Douglas: Interregnum, October 9, 2015 - January 10, 2016; exhibition catalogue (titled Stan Douglas: The Secret Agent; published by Ludion, Antwerp; texts by Eric C. H. de Bruyn, Séamus Kealy, and Jason E. Smith), not illustrated. London, Victoria Miro, Stan Douglas: The Secret Agent, February 2 - March 24, 2016. New York, David Zwirner, Stan Douglas: Photographs, March 31 - April 23, 2016. Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks

black ink lower right "2014"

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

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