1/11/2008
Walter Lockwood
Haus, Pasadena
Solo show. By using photography to expand on the medium of film, Lockwood points to how media and culture, in this postmodern world, constantly and quickly consume one another, re-creating something new in the process.
On Sunday, November 2nd, a solo exhibition by WALTER LOCKWOOD will open at HAUS with a preview reception for the artist from 4 to 7 p.m.
By using photography to expand on the medium of film, Walter Lockwood points to how media and culture, in this postmodern world, constantly and quickly consume one another, re-creating something new in the process. Directly referencing the “Spaghetti Westerns” of Sergio Leone, in which the director shot in locations in Italy and Spain to depict the American West, Lockwood staged his scenes in Pioneertown, California. And, whereas Leone appropriated Akira Kurosawa’s epic “Yojimbo” for the script for his first western, "A Fistful of Dollars," but used a cast of mostly Italian actors, Lockwood cast Asian actors as his cowboys and gunslingers, bringing the appropriations full-circle and, in the process, commenting on the dissolution and hybridization of icons and cultural values in American society today.
Walter Lockwood now lives and works in Los Angeles. He received his BA in photography from Art Center College of Design in Pasadena, CA after obtaining his BA in drama from New York University. He has been in group exhibitions in California and Britain. This will be Lockwood’s first solo exhibition.
Preview reception: Sunday, November 2, 4-7pm
Haus
517 S. Sierra Madre Boulevard - Pasadena
Gallery hours: Thursday - Saturday 12-5pm
Free admission