BALTZ, Lewis - Common Objects

Background information

"'Common Objects' revisits Lewis BALTZ's most remarkable series,
The Prototype Works (1967–1976), The Tract Houses (1969–1971), Candlestick Point (1987–1989), Sites of Technology (1989–1991) and Ronde de Nuit (1992–1995), and interrogates for the first time the influence
of European cinema (ANTONIONI, GODARD, HITCHCOCK) on his
work.

In 'Comon Objects', BALTZ'’s seminal series are presented in dialogue with stills from several films: Alfred HITCHCOCK's Saboteur and Psycho, Michelangelo ANTONIONI's Zabriskie Point, La Notte and Red Desert, and Jean-Luc GODARD’s Les Carabiniers.