Anthony Hernandez: Screened Pictures X

Yancey Richardson is pleased to present Screened Pictures X, an exhibition of photographs by Anthony Hernandez showcasing the most recent development in the artist’s career-long exploration of the urban landscape of his native Los Angeles. Since Hernandez began photographing in the 1960’s, his formally rigorous work has drawn attention to parts of the city that might otherwise be overlooked, such as bus stops or corporate plazas, along with the people using them - often those living on the margins of society.

Screened Pictures X presents glimpses of Los Angeles viewed through a handmade screen, referencing the perforated metal siding of bus stop enclosures through which ordinary residents using public transportation might experience their surroundings. Viewed through the screen, these carefully composed scenes appear more painterly than photographic as they shift between the crisp focus of the metal screen and the haziness of the scenes behind them, oscillating between surface and depth, near and far, representation and abstraction. 

Born in Los Angeles in 1947, Anthony Hernandez lives and works in Los Angeles and Fairfield, Idaho. His work has been exhibited at numerous institutions, including San Francisco Museum of Modern Art; J. Paul Getty Museum, Los Angeles; Whitney Museum of American Art, New York; Los Angeles County Museum of Art; the Amon Carter Museum of American Art, Fort Worth; the Vancouver Art Gallery; the Seattle Art Museum; the Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.; the Sprengel Museum, Hannover, Germany; and the Centre Nationale de la Photographie, Paris. His work is included in many major public collections including J. Paul Getty Museum, Los Angeles; Guggenheim Museum, New York; Museum of Modern Art, New York; Tate Modern, London; Whitney Museum of American Art, New York; Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York; and National Museum of American Art, Washington, D.C. Hernandez is a recipient of the 1999 Rome Prize and has been named a United States Artists Fellow (2009). Monographs include Anthony Hernandez (SFMOMA); Waiting, Sitting, Fishing and Some Automobiles (Loosestrife Editions); Everything (Nazraeli Press); Pictures for Rome (Smart Art Press); Sons of Adam: Landscapes for the Homeless II (Musee de L’Elysee and Centre National de la Photographie); Landscapes for the Homeless (Sprengel Museum); and Anthony Hernandez (Vancouver Art Museum).